Bill Self |
Self at the White House, 2008
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Sport(s) |
Basketball |
Current position |
Title |
Head coach |
Team |
Kansas |
Record |
269–52 (.838) |
Annual salary |
$3,000,000[1] |
Biographical details |
Born |
(1962-12-27) December 27, 1962 (age 49)
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA |
Playing career |
1981–1985 |
Oklahoma State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) |
1985–1986
1986–1993
1993–1997
1997–2000
2000–2003
2003–present |
Kansas (A)
Oklahoma State (A)
Oral Roberts
Tulsa
Illinois
Kansas |
Head coaching record |
Overall |
476–157 (.752) |
Accomplishments and honors |
Championships
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: (2008)
Regional Championship - Final Four: 2008, 2012
Big 12 Tournament Championships:
2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Big 12 Regular Season Championships:
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Big Ten Tournament Championship: 2003
Big Ten Regular Season Championships: 2001, 2002
WAC Regular Season Championships: 1998, 1999 |
Awards
Naismith College Coach of the Year: 2012
AP Coach of the year: 2009
Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year: 2009
Sporting News Coach of the Year: 2000, 2009, 2012
Adolph Rupp Cup: 2012
Big 12 Coach of the Year: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
WAC Coach of the Year: 2000 |
Bill Self (born December 27, 1962) is an American college men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, where he led the Jayhawks to the 2008 NCAA national championship.
Self was named 2012 Naismith College Coach of the Year, The Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 2000, 2009 and 2012, the Associated Press National Coach of the Year in 2009, the USBWA Henry Iba Award winner in 2009, CBS/Chevrolet National Coach of the Year in 2009, ESPN.com national Coach of the Year in 2009 and won the Adolph Rupp Cup in 2012. He was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2012.[2] He is also a five-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009). He was a 2010 United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award nominee for his work with Boys Clubs/Girls Clubs Of America and the Boy Scouts. From 2007–2012, Self had the best six-year record of any men's basketball coach in Division 1 history.
Self played collegiate basketball at Oklahoma State University, where he was a four-year letter winner between 1982 and 1985 and was an All-Big Eight freshman selection in 1982. He received his bachelor's degree in business in 1985 and a master's degree in athletic administration in 1989, both from Oklahoma State University.
After a successful playing career as Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981 at Edmond Memorial High School and then playing for Paul Hansen's Oklahoma State Cowboys, Self joined Larry Brown's coaching staff at the University of Kansas, replacing the position vacated by John Calipari when he accepted an Assistant Coach position at the University of Pittsburgh. Self remained at Kansas as an Assistant Coach through the 1985–1986 seasons. Between 1986 and 1993, Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University under Leonard Hamilton, followed by Eddie Sutton.
After Oral Roberts University (ORU), in the 1992–1993 season, compiled a 5–22 record, the worst in its history, Self was hired as its head coach. In his first season at ORU, the team managed just six victories. 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 post season tournament appearance since 1983–1984 in the National Invitation Tournament.[3]
After rebuilding the Golden Eagles, Self was hired by crosstown rival the University of Tulsa and spent three seasons (1998 to 2000) there, compiling a Tulsa-best 74–27 record. While at TU, he coached the Hurricane to two NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, TU went 32–5, setting a school single-season record for victories, as well as coaching the Golden Hurricane to their first-ever Elite Eight appearance.[4]
On June 9, 2000, the University of Illinois named Bill Self as the head coach of their basketball program. Self's predecessor Lon Kruger, had recently left the Illinois program to accept a job in the NBA as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.
In 2001, his first season at Illinois, Self coached a squad of mostly Lon Kruger recruits to a 27-8 record (13-3 conference record), a share of the Big Ten title, and a final Associated Press ranking of 4th in the nation, which resulted in earning the Fighting Illini a number '1' seed in the NCAA Tournament. Self coached Illinois guards Frank Williams and Cory Bradford, along with guard/forward Sergio McClain, forward Brian Cook, and center Marcus Griffin, to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. The Illini failed to advance beyond the Elite Eight after falling to eventual tournament finalists number '2' seeded Arizona. The '01 Illini roster included future NBA players Frank Williams, Robert Archibald and Brian Cook. With mostly the same core, Illinois followed up the season with impressive 2002 and 2003 campaigns, but fell in the NCAA Tournament sweet 16 in 2002 to the University of Kansas, and the second round in 2003 to the University of Notre Dame.
After the 2003 season, Roy Williams left the University of Kansas to take over at North Carolina. This vacancy left many speculating that Self would take what was well-publicized as his "dream job" with the Jayhawks. Self told a large group of Illini supporters that he was happy at Illinois, but he did not close the door on the move.[5] Self left for Kansas just a few days later.
Self was responsible for the recruitment of many of the 2005 Fighting Illini team which won the Big Ten title under Bruce Weber.[6] Bruce Weber replaced Self prior to the 2004 season and coached the 2005 Fighting Illini, almost exclusively Self's recruits, to a NCAA record tying 37–2 record after falling to North Carolina in the NCAA championship game. Players Self recruited and developed on that team included four eventual NBA draft picks, New Jersey Nets guard Deron Williams, Dee Brown, Luther Head and James Augustine.[6]
Self also secured a verbal commitment from forward Charlie Villanueva, who was a projected 1st round pick in the NBA draft out of high school. After Self left for Kansas, and after a tornado struck Lawrence during his visit,[7] Villanueva decided not to follow Self to Kansas and opted to attend the University of Connecticut.
In Self's three seasons in Illinois, he led the Fighting Illini to two Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten Tournament title, and three straight NCAA tournament appearances. His record was 78–24 in that span, the best three-season run in Illinois' history until it was surpassed by Illinois' subsequent coach Bruce Weber soon thereafter.
Self (third from left) sitting on the bench with his staff and players in a November 2007 game.
In his first season at Kansas, Self led the Kansas team to the Elite Eight at the NCAA tournament, where they fell to Georgia Tech in overtime. The following season, the Jayhawks began the season ranked #1 and started off 20–1, but slumped and lost six of their final nine games. Kansas received a #3 seed in the tournament and lost to #14 seed Bucknell University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The team finished 23–7 and settled for a Big 12 co-championship with Oklahoma.
In 2005–06, little was expected of the freshman/sophomore dominated Jayhawks, as they were unranked in preseason polls[8] and picked to finish 6th in the conference.[9] They began the season 10–6, including 1–2 in the Big 12. Although they did post a 73–46 win over Kentucky, they also saw the end of their 31-game winning streak over rival Kansas State with a 59–55 loss at Allen Fieldhouse, and two nights later blew a seven point lead in the final 45 seconds of regulation en route to a 89–86 overtime loss at Missouri. But afterward, the Jayhawks matured rapidly, winning 15 of their final 17 games. They picked up impressive road wins over Texas A&M (83-73), Iowa State (95–85), Nebraska (69–48), and Oklahoma State (64–49). They mounted a monumental comeback victory over Oklahoma (59–58) after falling behind by as many as 16 in the second half, and avenged their loss to Missouri with a 79-46 victory over the Tigers in Lawrence. KU did stumble against Texas, taking an 80–55 beating, but they won their final two Big 12 games over Colorado and at Kansas State (avenging the earlier loss at home), and taking advantage of a Texas loss to Texas A&M to force a tie for the Big 12 title at 13–3. KU played as the #2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament in Dallas, and avenged the loss to Texas with an 80–68 victory over the Longhorns in the final to clinch the Tournament championship and the highlight win of the season. KU was handed a #4 seed for the NCAA Tournament but stumbled again in the first round with a loss to the #13 seed Bradley Braves.
Prior to the 2006–07 season, Self was 72–24 (.750) in three seasons at KU and 279–129 (.683) in 13 seasons overall and 13–8 in NCAA tourney play. On February 10, 2007, Self recorded his 300th career win in a 92–74 victory at Missouri. Self did lead Kansas to the 2007 Big 12 regular season championship with a 14–2 record, highlighted by beating the Kevin Durant-led Texas Longhorns in monumental come-from-behind victories in the last game of the regular season and in the Big 12 Championship game. At the end of the regular season, Kansas stood at 27–4 and ranked #2 in the nation in both the AP and Coaches' polls. In the NCAA Tournament, Self's Jayhawks received a number 1 seed, and advanced to Self's fourth career Elite Eight, with the team garnering commanding wins over 16-seed Niagara and 8-seed Kentucky, as well as a tough-fought victory over the 4th-seeded Southern Illinois Salukis. Kansas's tournament run ended in the Elite Eight with a loss to 2-seed UCLA.
In the 2007-2008 season, Self's Kansas team began the season 20–0 until they suffered their first loss at Kansas State, their first loss in their last 24 trips to Manhattan (their last loss on K-State's home court was in 1983).[10] The Jayhawks won the Big 12 regular season title and the Big 12 conference tourney. Thus, in his first five seasons at KU he won the regular season conference title four times. They received a number one seeding in NCAA Tournament in the Midwest region. On March 30, 2008, Self led Kansas to a win in an Elite Eight game over upstart Davidson College. KU won by two, 59-57, after a last second shot by Davidson's Jason Richards only drew backboard. The Jayhawks played overall number 1 tournament seed and Self's predecessor Roy Williams for the first time since he left, North Carolina in the semifinals, taking revenge on them 84–66. They then defeated the John Calipari-led Memphis Tigers on April 7, 2008, in one of the most dramatic national title endings ever, in which Mario Chalmers hoisted up a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to force overtime in a 75–68 victory in the NCAA Championship Game.
Self lost his entire starting lineup and two reserves to the NBA draft for the 2008-2009 season, and returned only two role players from the NCAA Championship squad. With guard Sherron Collins and center Cole Aldrich, Self responded by coaching the team to a 25-6 regular season record, a Big 12 championship, a Sweet Sixteen showing at the NCAA post-season tournament, and several national coach of the year awards.
Self is one of three active coaches who have led three different teams to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament (Rick Pitino and John Calipari are the others).[11] During his first few seasons at Kansas, he has also persuaded several McDonald's All-Americans to become Jayhawks including Mario Chalmers, Julian Wright, Micah Downs (who later transferred to Gonzaga), Sherron Collins, Darrell Arthur, Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry, and the #1 recruit in the 2010 freshman class Josh Selby.
In August 2008, Self signed a new 10-year contract, paying him $3 million annually and making him the second-highest-paid coach in college basketball at the time, following Florida's Billy Donovan.[1]
Going into the 2009–10 season, the Jayhawks were ranked #1 in the preseason polls. The team went 33–3 and won Self's sixth straight Big 12 Championship, something no team had accomplished in a BCS conference since John Wooden's UCLA teams of the 1960s and 70s.[12] The team also won the Big 12 Tournament, Self's third. Self reached his 400th career victory with a win over Iowa State on February 13.[13] The Jayhawks had their 2,000th win in school history under Self when they defeated Texas Tech in the 2009-2010 season, joining University of Kentucky and University of North Carolina as the only schools to have such an achievement.[14] However, the Jayhawks were seeded #1 in the NCAA Tournament and were upset by #9 seeded Northern Iowa (who were 29-4 and ranked #24 in the USA Today Poll entering the game) in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
Recruiting began immediately for the 2010–2011 season, as Kansas landed top recruit Josh Selby in April. By September 2010, both The Sporting News and Athlon Sports had ranked Kansas in their pre-season outlook as #4 overall and, along with ESPN's Joe Lunardi, were projected to become a #1 seed again in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Blue Ribbon and the USA Today/ESPN coaches polls both placed Kansas at #7 in the pre-season poll. Josh Selby became eligible mid season and joined the Jayhawks beginning December 18 against USC. The Jayhawks went 29-2 during the regular season, winning the Big-12 Conference title and the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bill Self's career home record at "The Phog" is currently 145–7, an NCAA percentage best of .954. Self was named Big 12 Coach Of The Year for the third time on March 6, both in the coaches' poll and by the Associated Press.[15] The Jayhawks entered the NCAA tournament as the #1 seed in the Southwest Region, defeating 16th seed Boston University and 9th seed Illinois to advance to the Sweet 16 where they beat 12th seed University of Richmond. Kansas lost against #11 seed VCU in the Elite Eight of the 2011 NCAA tourney in a 10-point defeat.
Over the last five seasons (2007–2011), Self's KU teams won 165 games, an average of 33.0 wins a year, passing Mike Krzyzewski of Duke (164 wins, 32.8 a year from 1998 to 2002) and Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV (163 wins, 32.6 a year from 1987–1991) for the best 5 year record of any Men's Basketball coach in Division 1 history.[16]
In the 2010-2011 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).
In 2011-12, Kansas faced an apparent rebuilding year, losing four starters from the 2010-11 team. Three of Bill Self's recruits were ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Those who moved into the starting roles had seen little action in prior years. Kansas started out with a 7-3 record; and while there were wins over Georgetown and UCLA in Maui and a home upset of Ohio State, Kansas also lost to a loaded Kentucky team by ten points that wasn't as close as the final score indicated, they lost to Duke in the Maui finals, and suffered an embarrassing upset in Kansas City to Davidson. Consequently, there were questions as to how KU would fare in Big 12 play; there were even questions as to whether KU would reach the NCAA Tournament. But Kansas won its last three non-conference games, and then went 16-2 through the Big 12 to capture an eighth straight Big 12 regular-season championship. The enduring memory of the Big 12 race came when Kansas erased a 19-point deficit at home against their arch-rival, Missouri, in a battle of top-5 ranked teams, to beat MU 87-86 in overtime and clinch the Big 12 title. Kansas faltered in the 2012 Big 12 Tournament, losing to Baylor in the semifinals - a team Kansas had beaten twice by double-digit margins during the regular season. But once KU got into the 2012 NCAA Tournament as a #2-seed in the Midwest Regional, the Jayhawks went on a run to the Final Four. After an easy win over Detroit Mercy, the Jayhawks rallied for a comeback victory over Purdue in the next round - a game where KU led for all of 45 seconds the entire game in the win. In the regional rounds, Kansas eked out a narrow victory over a tough North Carolina State team before facing an top-seeded but injury-riddled North Carolina team in the regional final. In only the second meeting with former KU coach Roy Williams, the Jayhawks sprinted with UNC to a 47-47 halftime tie, then slowed the pace in the second half, and switched to a triangle-and-two zone defense, ultimately turning a close game with four minutes to play into a runaway 80-67 victory and a trip to New Orleans for the Final Four. With a 64-62 victory over Ohio State, Kansas advanced to the championship game to face Kentucky, a rematch of the earlier game in November. This matchup once again pitted Self up against John Calipari, who coached for Memphis against Kansas in the 2008 championship game. The Jayhawks fell behind by as many as eighteen points against the Wildcats in the first half. They trimmed the deficit to five late in the second half, but ultimately lost the title 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 for his work in helping this short-handed Kansas team to overachieve in advancing to the NCAA finals.
Player |
Draft |
Pro Team(s) |
Tulsa |
Michael Ruffin |
32nd, Chicago Bulls, 1999 NBA Draft |
Bulls, 76ers, CE Lleida Bàsquet, Jazz, Wizards, Bucks, Blazers |
Illinois |
Robert Archibald |
31st, Memphis Grizzlies, 2002 NBA Draft |
Grizzlies, Suns, Magic, Raptors,
Valencia BC, Victoria Libertas Pesaro, Joventut Badalona, Azovmash Mariupol |
James Augustine |
41st, Orlando Magic, 2006 NBA Draft |
Magic |
Dee Brown |
46th, Utah Jazz, 2006 NBA Draft |
Jazz, Galatasaray Café Crown, Wizards, Suns,>Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. |
Brian Cook |
24th, Los Angeles Lakers, 2003 NBA Draft |
Lakers, Magic, Rockets |
Luther Head |
24th, Houston Rockets, 2005 NBA Draft |
Houston, Heat, Pacers |
Roger Powell |
Undrafted |
Jazz, Teramo Basket, Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. |
Deron Williams |
3rd, Utah Jazz, 2005 NBA Draft |
Jazz, Nets |
Frank Williams |
25th, Denver Nuggets, 2002 NBA Draft |
Knicks, Bulls |
Kansas |
Cole Aldrich |
11th, New Orleans Hornets, 2010 NBA Draft |
Thunder |
Darrell Arthur |
27th, Memphis Grizzlies, 2008 NBA Draft |
Grizzlies |
Sherron Collins |
Undrafted |
Bobcats |
Mario Chalmers |
34th, Miami Heat, 2008 NBA Draft |
Heat |
JR Giddens |
30th, Boston Celtics, 2008 NBA Draft |
Celtics |
Jeff Graves |
Undrafted |
Erie BayHawks |
Xavier Henry |
12th, Memphis Grizzlies, 2010 NBA Draft |
Grizzlies |
Darnell Jackson |
52nd, Miami Heat, 2008 NBA Draft |
Cavaliers, Bucks, Kings |
Sasha Kaun |
56th, Seattle SuperSonics, 2008 NBA Draft |
CSKA Moscow |
Keith Langford |
Undrafted |
Spurs, Virtus Bologna, BC Khimki |
Mario Little |
Undrafted |
SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk |
Aaron Miles |
Undrafted |
Golden State Warriors, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez,
CB Sevilla, Panionios B.C., Aris BC |
Brady Morningstar |
Undrafted |
Tulsa 66ers |
Marcus Morris |
14th, Houston Rockets, 2011 NBA Draft |
Rockets |
Markieff Morris |
13th, Phoenix Suns, 2011 NBA Draft |
Suns |
Tyrel Reed |
Undrafted |
RBC Verviers-Pepinster |
Russell Robinson |
Undrafted |
Rockets, Trabzonspor |
Brandon Rush |
13th, Indiana Pacers, 2008 NBA Draft |
Pacers, Golden State Warriors |
Josh Selby |
49th, Memphis Grizzlies, 2011 NBA Draft |
Grizzlies |
Rodrick Stewart |
Undrafted |
Bashkimi Prizren |
Wayne Simien |
29th, Miami Heat, 2005 NBA Draft |
Heat |
Julian Wright |
13th, New Orleans Hornets, 2007 NBA Draft |
Hornets, Raptors |
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. The mission of Assists is to help provide young people access to better lives. This is accomplished by identifying areas of need and working with other community-based institutions to provide creative and lasting solutions.[citation needed]
Assists held its first public fundraiser June 7, 2008—Bill's Basketball Boogie (www.basketballboogie.org) at Kansas Speedway. Over fifty local businesses and Kansas supporters signed on to sponsor the event which offered opportunities to socialize with past and present Kansas basketball elite and to purchase valuable basketball memorabilia and travel and entertainment venues through the auction. Entertainment was provided by Sawyer Brown and Disco Dick.
This table includes only those games played while coach at Kansas.
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Total |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Team |
Wins |
Losses |
Win Pct. |
Wins |
Losses |
Win Pct. |
Wins |
Losses |
Win Pct. |
Wins |
Losses |
Win Pct. |
Baylor |
11 |
3 |
.786 |
6 |
0 |
1.000 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
Iowa State |
15 |
3 |
.833 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
0 |
0 |
– |
Kansas State |
18 |
3 |
.857 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
3 |
0 |
1.000 |
Missouri |
16 |
4 |
.800 |
11 |
0 |
1.000 |
5 |
4 |
.556 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
Oklahoma |
10 |
1 |
.909 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
4 |
1 |
.800 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
Oklahoma State |
10 |
4 |
.714 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
3 |
3 |
.500 |
2 |
1 |
.667 |
Texas |
11 |
5 |
.688 |
5 |
1 |
.833 |
2 |
3 |
.400 |
4 |
1 |
.800 |
Texas A&M |
13 |
1 |
.929 |
4 |
1 |
.800 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
4 |
0 |
1.000 |
Texas Tech |
9 |
3 |
.750 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
3 |
3 |
.500 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
Total |
143 |
29 |
.831 |
70 |
4 |
.946 |
52 |
20 |
.722 |
19 |
4 |
.826 |
Updated through March 9, 2012
- ^ a b Currently, he is the third highest behind Donovan and John Calipari, who signed an eight-year, $31.65 million deal with Kentucky on April 1, 2009. Self Discusses his new Deal, Lawrence Journal-World.
- ^ Bedore, Gary (March 8, 2009). "Self wins Big 12 coach of year". Lawrence Journal-World. The World Company. http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/mar/08/self-wins-big-12-coach-year/. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ Jimmie Tramel, "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.
- ^ Tulsa earns First Elite Eight
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/2003/04/15/illinois_self_ap/ KU's Self-help program?], an April 15, 2003 Associated Press article via Sports Illustrated
- ^ a b http://illinihq.com/news/mens_basketball/2010/03/17/if_not_illinois_then_who
- ^ Villanueva visit value vindicated
- ^ 2005-06 preseason polls
- ^ 2005-06 Big 12 Preseason poll
- ^ 24 year streak
- ^ 2008 Final Four
- ^ Sixth Straight Big 12 Championship
- ^ 400th Win
- ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-t25-b12-texastech-kansas&prov=ap&type=lgns
- ^ Bedore, Gary (2011-03-08). "Not without fault: Bill Self confesses shortcoming after winning AP award". Lawrence Journal World. http://www2.kusports.com/news/2011/mar/08/not-without-fault-bill-self-confesses-shortcoming-/. Retrieved 2011-03-08. "Kansas University’s Bill Self, who was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year on Monday — a day after the league coaches accorded him the same honor — insists he has his faults."
- ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2011/D1.pdf
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Name |
Self, Bill |
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Short description |
American basketball player-coach |
Date of birth |
December 27, 1962 |
Place of birth |
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA |
Date of death |
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