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 team. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level and has been the coach of the Jayhawks since 2003.

Bill Self enters his 22nd season at Kansas three wins shy of becoming the winningest coach in KU history. In 21 seasons at Kansas, Self is 588-143 (80.4%). Overall, Self is five wins shy of 800 for his career entering his 32nd season.

Dec 22, 2024 · In 20 seasons at Kansas, Bill Self is 565-132 (81.0 percent), averaging 28.3 wins per year. Overall, Self has a 772-237 (76.5 percent) record in 30 seasons as a head coach. Kansas is entering its 126th overall season and Self was named just the eighth head coach in KU basketball history on April 21, 2003.

Nov 16, 2024 · There has been a lot of talk about Kansas basketball HC Bill Self after he passed Phog Allen to become the program’s all-time winningest coach. Two national championships and 17 Big 12 regular season titles later, Self has already made an argument as the best to ever coach in the mecca of college basketball.

18 hours ago · Bill Self updates Dajuan Harris’ status after UCF win. No. 11 Kansas played without star point guard Dajuan Harris on Tuesday night in a narrow win over UCF, missing the always steady presence in the backcourt. According to the Associated Press, Harris had started in 98 straight games, tied for the seventh-longest streak at Kansas.

Nov 8, 2023 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self intends to finish his coaching career at Kansas, making his clearest statement yet one day after the announcement of a lifetime contract that will pay the Hall of Famer $53 million over the first five years and make him the most highly compensated men’s basketball coach at a public university.

Mar 13, 2023 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self was discharged from a Kansas City-area hospital Sunday, where he’d been recovering after a procedure to treat blocked arteries in his heart, and the Hall of Famer will rejoin the No. 3 Jayhawks for the defense of their NCAA championship this week.

Nov 7, 2023 · Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self signed an amended lifetime contract, athletic director Travis Goff announced Tuesday. The new deal makes him the current highest-paid coach in college basketball, surpassing Kentucky head coach John Calipari’s salary of …

Nov 8, 2023 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self signed a lifetime contract Tuesday that will pay him $53 million over the first five years, easily surpassing Kentucky coach John Calipari for the richest deal ever given to a college basketball coach at a public university.

Nov 7, 2023 · Kansas basketball and head coach Bill Self have agreed to an altered lifetime contract extension that makes Self the highest paid coach in college basketball.