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{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1962)}}
{{for|people named William or [[Will Self]]|Self (surname)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name               = Bill Self
| image              = Bill Self, KU.png
| caption            = Self in 2016
| current_title      = [[Head coach]]
| current_team       = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]]
| current_conference = [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| current_record     = <!-- DO NOT include victories from his suspension. These will not count in his career record. -->{{winpct|610|157|record=y}}{{efn-ua|name=Vacated|Kansas had 15 wins, their 2018 Big 12 Regular Season and Tournament championships, and 2018 Final Four appearance vacated in 2023. These totals are not included here.}}
| contract           = $13 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas' Bill Self signs new $53 million contract, making him college basketball's highest-paid coach |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/kansas-bill-self-signs-new-53-million-contract-making-him-college-basketballs-highest-paid-coach/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| player_years1      = 1981–1985
| player_team1       = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball|Oklahoma State]]
| player_positions   = 
| coach_years1       = 1985–1986
| coach_team1        = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] (assistant)
| coach_years2       = 1986–1993
| coach_team2        = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball|Oklahoma State]] (assistant)
| coach_years3       = 1993–1997
| coach_team3        = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|Oral Roberts]]
| coach_years4       = 1997–2000
| coach_team4        = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|Tulsa]]
| coach_years5       = 2000–2003
| coach_team5        = [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]]
| coach_years6       = 2003–present
| coach_team6        = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]]
| admin_years1       = 
| admin_team1        = 
| overall_record     = <!-- DO NOT include victories from his suspension. These will not count in his career record. -->{{winpct|817|262|record=y}}{{efn-ua|name=Vacated}}
| tournament_record  = 52–23 ([[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I]]){{efn-ua|name=Vacated}}<br/>0–1 ([[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]])
| championships      = 
* 2 [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA Division I tournament]] ([[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2008]], [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2022]])
* 4 [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach|NCAA Division I regional – Final Four]] ([[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2008]], [[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2012]], [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2018*]], [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2022]]){{efn-ua|name=Vacated}}
* 2 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] regular season (1999, 2000)
* [[Big Ten men's basketball tournament|Big Ten tournament]] ([[2003 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament|2003]])
* 2 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] regular season (2001, 2002)
* 8 [[Big 12 men's basketball tournament|Big 12 tournament]] (2006–2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2022){{efn-ua|name=Vacated}}
* 16 [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] regular season (2005–2017, 2020, 2022, 2023){{efn-ua|name=Vacated}}
| awards             = 
* 2× [[Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year|AP College Coach of the Year]] (2009, 2016)
* [[NABC Coach of the Year]] (2016)
* [[Naismith College Coach of the Year]] (2012)
* [[USBWA]] District Coach of the Year 2022
* [[Adolph Rupp Cup]] (2012)
* 6× [[Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year|Big 12 Coach of the Year]] (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Stephen |date=March 9, 2015 |title=Bill Self Big 12 Coach of the Year |url=http://ksn.com/2015/03/09/bill-self-big-12-coach-of-the-year/ |newspaper=[[KSNW-TV]] |location=[[Wichita, Kansas]] |access-date=March 10, 2015 |quote=Self is the first four-time AP Big 12 Coach of the Year winner, edging West Virginia coach [[Bob Huggins]] for this year's award.}}</ref>
* 5× [[Associated Press|AP]] Big 12 Coach of the Year (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016)
* [[John R. Wooden Award#Legends of Coaching Award|John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award]] (2013)
* [[Henry Iba Award]] (2009)
* [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] Coach of the Year (2000)
* [[Jim Thorpe Association|Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame]] (2013)<ref name="KUAthletics01152013">{{cite web |title=Kansas' Bill Self to be Inducted into Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011513aaa.html |publisher=University of Kansas Official Athletic Site |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=January 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119100625/http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011513aaa.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 }}</ref>
| coaching_records   = 
| BASKHOF_year       = 2017
| BASKHOF_id         = bill-self
| CBBASKHOF_year     = 
| FIBA_HOF_player    = 
| medaltemplates     = {{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Basketball at the 2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | [[United States men's national basketball team|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalSport|Head coach for {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|FIBA U18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|2018 St. Catharines]] | [[United States men's national basketball team|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Billy Eugene Self Jr.''' (born December 27, 1962) is an American [[basketball]] coach who is the head coach of the [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team]]. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level and has been the coach of the Jayhawks since 2003.

At Kansas, Self has led the team to 17 [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] regular season championships (including an NCAA record 14 consecutive [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] regular season championships), four NCAA Final Four appearances ([[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2008]], [[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2012]], [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2018]], [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2022]]), and to the NCAA Championship in [[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2008]] and [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2022]]. Self has a record of 292–16 (.948 win percentage) at [[Allen Fieldhouse]], and he has had three home winning streaks of more than 30 wins (including a school-record and 11th-best all-time 69 game streak). During his tenure at Kansas, he has recruited several [[McDonald's All-American Team|McDonald's All-Americans]] and coached many players who went onto the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]].

Self was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2017. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Self had the 18th most wins among Division I coaches in NCAA history and 4th among active head coaches. He is the winningest coach in Kansas history, having passed Hall of Famer [[Phog Allen]] on November 12, 2024, and is the only coach in Kansas history to lead Kansas to multiple NCAA Tournament National Championships. Self was the highest paid NCAA basketball coach for the 2021–22 season earning $10,184,282. He signed a lifetime contract extension with the Jayhawks in 2021. In 2022, Self became the seventh coach to win multiple NCAA tournament championships since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

==Early life==
Bill Eugene Self Jr. was born in [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma]], where his father was the girls' basketball coach at nearby Morris High School.<ref>[http://www.trustees.uillinois.edu/trustees/minutes/2003/2003-05-15-uibot.pdf Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois], May 15, 2003, p. 237. "The chancellor at Urbana recommends the appointment of [[Bruce Weber (basketball)|Bruce B. Weber]]...as head men's basketball coach...Mr. Weber succeeds Billy Eugene Self, Jr., who resigned from the position."</ref> Self attended [[Edmond Memorial High School]], where he was named Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=KU's Bill Self Goes into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://kuathletics.com/mbb-0805134517/ |website=[[Kansas Jayhawks]] |access-date=June 19, 2020 |date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Self received a basketball scholarship to play at [[Oklahoma State University]]. He was a letter winner all four years he played. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1985 and a master's degree in athletic administration in 1989, both from Oklahoma State.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|title=Bill Self coach profile|url=http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1009&path=mbball|website=KUAthletics.com|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220174818/http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1009&path=mbball|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Season !! GP !! GS !! FGM !! FGA !! FG% !! FTM !! FTA !! FT% !! PPG !! RPG !! APG
|-
! 1981–82
| 24 || 1 || 31 || 73 || .425 || 14 || 18 || .778 || 3.2 || 0.9 || 1.0
|-
! [[1982–83 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team|1982–83]]
| 31 || 9 || 68 || 140 || .486 || 41 || 60 || .683 || 5.7 || 1.9 || 2.0
|-
! 1983–84
| 26 || 23 || 80 || 176 || .455 || 52 || 69 || .754 || 8.2 || 3.2 || 4.8
|-
! 1984–85
| 28 || 20 || 89 || 187 || .476 || 44 || 69 || .638 || 7.9 || 2.1 || 3.9
|-
! Career !! 109 !! 53 !! 268 !! 576 !! .465 !! 151 !! 216 !! .699 !! 6.3 !! 2.0 !! 2.9
|}
<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Self College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bill-self-1.html |website=Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

==Collegiate coaching history==

===Early coaching jobs===
In 1985, Self joined [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]]'s coaching staff at the University of Kansas. He remained at Kansas as an assistant coach for the 1985–1986 season. Between 1986 and 1993, Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University under [[Leonard Hamilton]], followed by [[Eddie Sutton]]. Self's first head coaching position came at [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|Oral Roberts]] who hired him in 1993. In his first season at ORU, the team managed only six wins. Things improved slightly the following year, when ORU won ten games. In Self's third season, he guided the Golden Eagles to an 18–9 record, and in his fourth season, (1996–1997), ORU registered a 21–7 record as the school made its first postseason tournament appearance since its 1983–1984 appearance in the [[National Invitation Tournament]].<ref>Jimmie Tramel, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=494&articleid=20110315_234_B1_CUTLIN963144 "Starting point: Kansas’ Bill Self began his career as a head coach in 1993 when he took over the struggling ORU program"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', March 15, 2011.</ref>

After rebuilding the Golden Eagles, Self was hired by crosstown rival [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|Tulsa]] and spent three seasons (1998 to 2000) there, compiling a Tulsa-best 74–27 record. While at TU, Self coached the Golden Hurricane to consecutive [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] appearances in [[1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1999]] and [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2000]]. In the 1999–2000 season, in addition to setting a school single-season record for victories by compiling a 32–5 record, Self led the Golden Hurricane to its first-ever [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Elite Eight appearance]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/2000/ncaa_tourney/south/news/2000/03/24/tulsa_miami_ap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010522111231/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/2000/ncaa_tourney/south/news/2000/03/24/tulsa_miami_ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2001 |title=Tulsa earns First Elite Eight |magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=March 25, 2000 |access-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>

On June 9, 2000, [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]] named Self the head coach of their basketball program. In Self's three seasons in Illinois, he led the Fighting Illini to two Big Ten regular-season championships, a [[Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament|Big Ten tournament]] title, and three straight NCAA tournament appearances.

===Kansas===
Kansas hired Self as head coach in 2003. He took over for [[Roy Williams (basketball coach)|Roy Williams]] who left for his former team, [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]], after KU lost the [[2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game|2003 National Championship game]] to Syracuse. In his [[2003–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|first season]] at Kansas, Self led the Jayhawks to the Elite Eight in the [[2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]], where they fell to [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets basketball|Georgia Tech]]. In August 2008, Self signed a new 10-year contract guaranteeing him $3 million annually, making him the second-highest-paid coach in college basketball at the time, following [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida's]] [[Billy Donovan]].<ref name=contract>Currently, he is the third-highest compensated behind Donovan and [[John Calipari]], who signed an eight-year, $31.65 million deal with Kentucky on April 1, 2009. [http://www2.kusports.com/news/2008/aug/06/self_discusses_his_new_deal/ Self Discusses his —′new Deal], ''Lawrence Journal-World''.</ref>

Between 2007 and 2011, Self's KU teams won 165 games, an average of 33.0 wins a year, passing [[Mike Krzyzewski#Head coaching record|Mike Krzyzewski]] of [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (164 wins, 32.8 a year from 1998 to 2002) and [[Jerry Tarkanian#Head coaching record|Jerry Tarkanian]] of [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV]] (163 wins, 32.6 a year from 1987 to 1991) for the highest 5-year win total of any men's basketball coach in Division I history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2011/D1.pdf |title=Division I Records |publisher=Fs.ncaa.org |access-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref>

In the 2010–11 season, Self led the Jayhawks past North Carolina to end the season at number 2 on the all-time wins list, trailing leader Kentucky by 14 games ([[List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball]]). The Jayhawks entered the [[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2012 NCAA tournament]] as a #2-seed in the Midwest Regional and ultimately lost in the championship game to Kentucky 67–59. The Jayhawks concluded the year with a 32–7 record, and Self was named the Naismith Coach of the Year. On November 18, 2016, after an 86–65 win over [[Siena Saints men's basketball|Siena]], Self passed Ted Owens for most wins at Allen Fieldhouse with 207.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1159295|title=Self passes Ted Owens for most wins at Allen Fieldhouse|date=November 19, 2016 }}</ref> On December 6, 2016, Self achieved his [[List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins|600th win]] with a 105–62 win over [[UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball|UMKC]]. He is the 9th fastest coach in NCAA history to win 600 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kansas rolls over UMKC to give Bill Self win No. 600 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2016/12/06/kansas-rolls-over-umkc-105-62-to-give-bill-self-win-no-600/95073220/ |website=USAToday.com}}</ref> On February 18, 2017, Self was announced as one of 14 finalists named from over 100 candidates to be inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility. The inductees were announced April 3 prior to the National Championship game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Fourteen Finalists for Class of 2017 Election|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-fourteen-finalists-for-class-of-2017-election/ |website=HoopHall.com}}</ref> Under Bill Self, the Kansas Jayhawks set the NCAA record for most consecutive conference regular-season titles in college basketball history with 14 straight [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] titles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=writer |first=Sam CooperCollege football |date=2018-02-25 |title=Kansas sets NCAA record with 14th straight Big 12 title |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/kansas-sets-ncaa-record-14th-straight-big-12-title-010247175.html |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> That streak ran from the 2004-05 season through the 2017-18 season. It surpassed the former record held by UCLA who won 13 straight [[Pacific-8]] (Pac-8) conference titles from 1967 to 1979 under coach [[John Wooden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=writer |first=Sam CooperCollege football |date=2018-02-25 |title=Kansas sets NCAA record with 14th straight Big 12 title |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/kansas-sets-ncaa-record-14th-straight-big-12-title-010247175.html |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> 
[[File:Bill Self during timeout.jpg|thumb|right|Self coaching Jayhawks players during a timeout in 2009]]
In September 2019, Self and the Kansas program were served a Notice of Allegations by the [[NCAA]] for five Level 1 violations, a head coach responsibility charge against Self personally, and a lack of institutional control charge against the [[University of Kansas]]. Self's individual punishments could include a suspension<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Self, Kansas double down on innocence as NCAA probe ramps up with season beginning |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bill-self-kansas-double-down-on-innocence-as-ncaa-probe-ramps-up-with-season-beginning/ |website=CBSports.com|date=October 23, 2019 }}</ref> or an effective ban from college basketball for several years or more (a "show cause" penalty against any program looking to hire Self).<ref name=ESPNShowCause>"[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27911408/kansas-coach-bill-self-defiant-wake-ncaa-investigation Kansas coach Bill Self defiant in wake of NCAA investigation]". [[ESPN]], October 23, 2019. Accessed August 7, 2020.</ref> Self has denied throughout the investigation that the Kansas coaching staff knew [[Adidas]] was paying recruits to go there.<ref>Dana O'Neil and Bruce Feldman. "[https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2354448/2021/01/29/kansas-assistant-coach-ncaa/ New court filing: Kansas assistant coach talked of routing funds to recruit’s family]". ''[[The Athletic]]'', January 29, 2021. Accessed March 24, 2021.</ref>

On April 2, 2021, Self signed a lifetime contract with Kansas. Every year after the initial five years, an extra year will be automatically added to the contract and that will continue until he retires or dies. The financial terms of the contract were not immediately disclosed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas Signs Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Self to Lifetime Contract |url=https://kuathletics.com/kansas-signs-mens-basketball-head-coach-bill-self-to-lifetime-contract/ |website=KUAthletics.com|date=April 2, 2021 }}</ref> During the 2021–22 season, Self led Kansas to its fourth NCAA National Championship in program history, capped by a 72–69 victory over North Carolina in the National Championship game on April 4, 2022. The Jayhawks overcame a 16-point deficit and a 15-point halftime deficit to win, both NCAA title game records. By winning the title, combined with the retirements of [[Mike Krzyzewski]] and [[Jay Wright (coach)|Jay Wright]] at the end of the season, Self moved into a tie with [[Rick Pitino]] as the only active coaches with two national championships.

On November 2, the University of Kansas suspended Self for the first four games of the 2022–23 season after a recruiting violation, which included the team's Champions Classic game against Duke.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas suspends Bill Self for 4 games in infractions case |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34932400/kansas-suspends-bill-self-4-games-infractions-case |website=ESPN.com|date=November 2, 2022 }}</ref> Just before the start of the Big 12 Tournament, Self endured a health issue and was unable to coach the Jayhawks for the postseason. Kansas assistant [[Norm Roberts]] took over.<ref>{{cite news |title=KU's Self misses loss to Arkansas amid recovery |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35887977/kansas-bill-self-coach-2nd-round-game-vs-arkansas |work=ESPN.com |date=March 18, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The Jayhawks would go on to the title game of the Big 12 tournament, losing to Texas. They received the one seed in the west region, beating Howard before losing to Arkansas.

In 2023, due to recruiting violations, 15 of the Jayhawks wins from the 2017–18 season, their Final Four appearance, Big 12 regular season title, and Big 12 Tournament title were all vacated by the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas basketball on probation as violations downgraded |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38633740/panel-says-no-more-penalties-kansas-basketball-bill-self |website=ESPN.com|date=October 11, 2023 }}</ref> On November 7, 2023, Self signed an amended lifetime contract with Kansas. The contract was signed to continue being a lifetime contract, however, the amended contract gave him a raise to make him the highest paid coach in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas' Bill Self now highest-paid coach after amended deal |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38843036/kansas-bill-self-now-highest-paid-coach-amended-deal |website=KUAthletics.com|date=November 7, 2023 }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]]
 | conference = [[NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)|NCAA Division I Independent]]
 | startyear  = 1993
 | endyear    = 1997
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1993–94]]
 | name         = Oral Roberts
 | overall      = 6–21
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1994–95]]
 | name         = Oral Roberts
 | overall      = 10–17
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1995–96]]
 | name         = Oral Roberts
 | overall      = 18–9
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1996–97]]
 | name         = Oral Roberts
 | overall      = 21–7
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = [[1997 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Oral Roberts
 | overall    = 55–54 ({{Winning percentage|55|54}})
 | confrecord =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|Tulsa Golden Hurricane]]
 | conference = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1997
 | endyear    = 2000
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1997–98]]
 | name         = Tulsa
 | overall      = 19–12
 | conference   = 9–5
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(Pacific)</small>
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1998–99]]
 | name         = [[1998–99 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team|Tulsa]]
 | overall      = 23–10
 | conference   = 9–5
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(Mountain)</small>
 | postseason   = [[1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1999–00]]
 | name         = [[1999–2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team|Tulsa]]
 | overall      = 32–5
 | conference   = 12–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Tulsa
 | overall    = 74–27 ({{Winning percentage|74|27}})
 | confrecord = 30–12 ({{Winning percentage|30|12}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois Fighting Illini]]
 | conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2000
 | endyear    = 2003
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2000–01]]
 | name         = [[2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
 | overall      = 27–8
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2001–02]]
 | name         = [[2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
 | overall      = 26–9
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = [[2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2002–03]]
 | name         = [[2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
 | overall      = 25–7
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Illinois
 | overall    = 78–24 ({{Winning percentage|78|24}})
 | confrecord = 35–13 ({{Winning percentage|35|13}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]]
 | conference = [[Big 12 Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2003
 | endyear    =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2003–04]]
 | name         = [[2003–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 24–9
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2004–05]]
 | name         = [[2004–05 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 23–7
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2005–06]]
 | name         = [[2005–06 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 25–8
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2006–07]]
 | name         = [[2006–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 33–5
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2007–08]]
 | name         = [[2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 37–3
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Champion]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2008–09]]
 | name         = [[2008–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 27–8
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 33–3
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2010–11]]
 | name         = [[2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 35–3
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2011–12]]
 | name         = [[2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 32–7
 | conference   = 16–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2012–13]]
 | name         = [[2012–13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 31–6
 | conference   = 14–4
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =  conference
 | season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2013–14]]
 | name         = [[2013–14 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 25–10
 | conference   = 14–4
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =  conference
 | season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2014–15]]
 | name         = [[2014–15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 27–9
 | conference   = 13–5
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2015–16]]
 | name         = [[2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 33–5
 | conference   = 15–3
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 31–5
 | conference   = 16–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 16–8*
 | conference   = 3–5*
 | confstanding = 1st*
 | postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Final Four]]*
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 26–10
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2019–20]]
 | name         = [[2019–20 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 28–3
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = <SMALL> Postseason cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]</SMALL>
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2020–21]]
 | name         = [[2020–21 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 21–9
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 2nd 
 | postseason   = [[2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national 
 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2021–22]]
 | name         = [[2021–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 34–6
 | conference   = 14–4
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Champion]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2022–23]]
 | name         = [[2022–23 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 24–8**
 | conference   = 13–5
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2023–24]]
 | name         = [[2023–24 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 23–11
 | conference   = 10–8
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | postseason   = [[2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 32]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2024–25]]
 | name         = [[2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 21–13
 | conference   = 11–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2025–26]]
 | name         = [[2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 1–1
 | conference   = 0–0
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Kansas
 | overall    = {{winpct|610|157|record=y}}*
 | confrecord = {{winpct|287|85|record=y}}*
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = {{winpct|817|262|record=y}}
}}

{{small|*Does not include 15 vacated wins, 10 of which were conference wins. The Jayhawks regular season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 Tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks entire NCAA Tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.<br>**Does not include record during Self's suspension, but does include games missed due to health issues.}}

==Personal life==
[[File:Coach Self and Son.jpg|thumb|upright|Self with his son Tyler]]
Self is married with two children, a daughter and a son. His daughter graduated from Kansas in 2013. His son, Tyler, played basketball at Kansas from 2012 to 2017<ref name="Profile"/> and was the general manager for the [[Austin Spurs]] of the [[NBA G League]] until 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Jayhawk Tyler Self named general manager of NBA G League's Austin Spurs |url=http://www.kusports.com/news/2020/nov/10/former-jayhawk-tyler-self-named-general-manager-g-/ |website=KUSports.com|date=November 10, 2020 }}</ref> Self is a [[Christian]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jayhawks buoyed by Coach Self's faith |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/jayhawks-buoyed-by-coach-selfs-faith |website=BaptistPress.com|date=April 7, 2008 }}</ref>

In June 2006, Self and his wife, Cindy, established the ASSISTS foundation, a [[501(c)(3)]] organization to serve as a fundraising conduit for organizations that serve a variety of youth initiatives.<ref name="v347">{{cite web | title=KU's Bill Self to Receive Basketball's Human Spirit Award by Naismith Hall of Fame | website=University of Kansas | date=2015-05-26 | url=https://kuathletics.com/news/2024/5/8/kus-bill-self-to-receive-basketballs-human-spirit-award-by-naismith-hall-of-fame.aspx | access-date=2025-03-14}}</ref>

On July 24, 2025, Self was hospitalized after feeling unwell and experiencing "some concerning symptoms." He subsequently underwent a procedure to have two [[stent]]s inserted and was released two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kansas' Bill Self out of hospital two days after stents inserted|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/45830623/kansas-bill-self-hospital-two-days-stents-inserted|access-date=October 29, 2025|website=espn.com|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bill Self}}
* [https://kuathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/season/2019-20/coach/bill-self/ Kansas Jayhawks bio]
* {{Basketballhof|bill-self}}
* [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/bill-self-1.html Bill Self] – college basketball coach profile at [[Sports Reference]]
* [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bill-self-1.html Bill Self] – college basketball player profile at [[Sports Reference]]

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