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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 (basketball)|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 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 (basketball)|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]]. |
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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]]. |
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Bill Self (born December 27, 1962 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) 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 National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News in 2000 and 2009, Associated Press in 2009, USBWA Henry Iba Award winner in 2009, CBS/Chevrolet in 2009 and ESPN.com in 2009. He was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2009.[2] He is a five-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009).
Self played collegiate basketball at Oklahoma State University, where he was a four-year letterwinner 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.
Collegiate coaching history
Early coaching jobs
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.
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Tulsa
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.[3]
Illinois
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.[4] 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. [5] Bruce Weber replaced Self prior to the 2004 season and coached the 2005 Fighting Illini, including Self's recruits, to a NCAA record tying 37–2 record after falling to North Carolina in the NCAA championship game. Players on that team included four eventual NBA draft picks, Utah Jazz 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 Bruce Weber soon thereafter.
Kansas
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.
In 2004–05 the Jayhawks began the season #1 and started off 20–1, but then they 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 has 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 lead 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 3.6 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 two active coaches who have led three different teams to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament (Rick Pitino is the other).[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, and Xavier Henry.
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 6th straight Big 12 Championship, something no team has accomplished in a BCS conference since John Wooden's UCLA teams of the 60's and 70's.[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 Feb. 13th.[13] Also worth noting is the fact that the Jayhawks won 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 boast 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.
Self's record at home is 114-6, a .950 winning percentage.
Professional Players Coached
Assists Foundation
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.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Oral Roberts (Independent) (1993–1997) | |||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Oral Roberts | 6–21 | |||||||
| 1994–1995 | Oral Roberts | 10–17 | |||||||
| 1995–1996 | Oral Roberts | 18–9 | |||||||
| 1996–1997 | Oral Roberts | 21–7 | NIT 1st Round | ||||||
| Oral Roberts: | 55–54 (.505) | ||||||||
| Tulsa (Western Athletic Conference) (1997–2000) | |||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Tulsa | 19–12 | 9–5 | 3rd (Pacific) | |||||
| 1998–1999 | Tulsa | 23–10 | 9–5 | T–1st (Mountain) | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Tulsa | 32–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| Tulsa: | 74–27 (.733) | 30–12 | |||||||
| Illinois (Big Ten Conference) (2000–2003) | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Illinois | 27–8 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2001–2002 | Illinois | 26–9 | 11–5 | T–1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Illinois | 25–7 | 11–5 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| Illinois: | 78–24 (.765) | 35–13 | |||||||
| Kansas (Big 12 Conference) (2003–present) | |||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Kansas | 24–9 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Kansas | 23–7 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Kansas | 25–8 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Kansas | 33–5 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Kansas | 37–3 | 13–3 | T–1st | NCAA Champions | ||||
| 2008–2009 | Kansas | 27–8 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2009–2010 | Kansas | 33–3 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| Kansas: | 202–43 (.824) | 93–19 | |||||||
| Total: | 409–148 (.734) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Record against Big-12 opponents
This table includes only those games played while coach at Kansas.
| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | |||||||||
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| Team | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. |
| Baylor Bears | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Colorado Buffaloes | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Iowa State Cyclones | 12 | 2 | .857 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Kansas State Wildcats | 15 | 2 | .882 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Missouri Tigers | 12 | 3 | .800 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 15 | 1 | .933 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Texas Longhorns | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| Texas A&M Aggies | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 107 | 22 | .829 | 53 | 3 | .946 | 40 | 16 | .714 | 14 | 3 | .824 |
| vs. North | 68 | 8 | .895 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| vs. South | 39 | 14 | .736 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 11 | 10 | .524 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
Updated through Mar. 13, 2010
References
- ^ a b Now he is the 3rd behind Donovan and John Calipari who signed a 8 year 31.65 million dollar deal with Kentucky on April 1, 2009 Self Discusses his new Deal.
- ^ Bedore, Gary (March 8, 2009). "Self wins Big 12 coach of year". Lawrence Journal-World. The World Company. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ 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
- ^ http://illinihq.com/news/mens_basketball/2010/03/17/if_not_illinois_then_who
- ^ 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
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