Bill Self
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Edmond, OK
- Named National Coach of the Year by AP and USBWA in 2009
- Guided Kansas to 2008 NCAA Tournament championship
- Only coach in NCAA history to reach a Division I Tournament regional final in back-to-back years with different schools
- Won six conference tournament titles (Big Ten with Illinois in 2003 and Big 12 with Kansas from 2006 through 2008, 2010 and 2011)
- Assistant coach at Kansas under Larry Brown for one season in 1985-86, and at Oklahoma State under Leonard Hamilton and Eddie Sutton for seven seasons from 1986-87 through 1992-93
- Major-college career playing statistics under Paul Hansen (6.3 ppg, 2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 46.5 FG%, 69.9 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (12: AP/USA)--2000 (18/9), 2001 (4/6), 2002 (13/11), 2003 (11/T13), 2004 (16/9), 2005 (12/15), 2006 (12/22), 2007 (2/T5), 2008 (4/1), 2009 (14/10), 2010 (1/6) and 2011 (2/4)
- All-Americans (eight): Illinois' Brian Cook (2003) and Frank Williams (2001) and Kansas' Cole Aldrich (2010), Sherron Collins (2009 and 2010), Brandon Rush (2008), Wayne Simien (2004 and 2005), Julian Wright (2007) and Marcus Morris (2011).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6-21 | DNP | |||||
10-17 | DNP | |||||
18-9 | DNP | |||||
21-7 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
19-12 | 9-5 | 3rd | WAC (Pacific) | DNP | ||
23-10 | 9-5 | T-1st | WAC (Mountain) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
32-5 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
27-8 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
26-9 | 11-5 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
25-7 | 11-5 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
24-9 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
23-7 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-8 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
33-5 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
37-3 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (6-0) | |||
27-8 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
33-3 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
35-3 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA |
- 18-Year Coaching Record: 444-151 (.746) overall
- 55-54 (.505) in four years at Oral Roberts
- 74-27 (.733) in three years at Tulsa
- 78-24 (.765) in three years at Illinois
- 237-46 (.837) in first eight years at Kansas
- 30-12 (.714) in Western Athletic Conference
- 35-13 (.729) in Big Ten Conference
- 107-21 (.836) in Big 12 Conference
- 4-3 (.571) in WAC Tournament
- 5-2 (.714) in Big Ten Tournament
- 14-3 (.824) in Big 12 Tournament
- 25-11 (.694) in NCAA Tournament
- 0-1 (.000) in NIT