Billy Eugene Self Jr. is an American basketball coach. He is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas, a position he has held since 2003.
During his 19 seasons as head coach, he has led the Jayhawks to 16 Big 12 regular season championships, including an NCAA record 14 consecutive Big 12 regular season championships, some of which were shared (2005–2018).
He has also led the Jayhawks to four NCAA Final Four appearances (2008, 2012, 2018, 2022), the 2008 NCAA championship and the 2022 NCAA championship. 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 second-winningest coach in Kansas history, behind only Hall of Famer Phog Allen and is the only coach in Kansas history to lead Kansas to multiple NCAA Tournament National Championships.
Bill Self Crime: What Has Bill Self Done?
Kansas suspended Hall of Fame coach Bill Self and top assistant Kurtis Townsend for the first four games of the season Wednesday, along with imposing several recruiting restrictions, as part of the fallout from a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption.
Norm Roberts will be the acting coach for the defending national champions beginning with their opener Monday night against Omaha.
Self and Townsend also will miss games against North Dakota State and Southern Utah along with a high-profile showdown between the No. 5 Jayhawks and No. 7 Duke in the Champions Classic.
Self and Townsend will rejoin the team to face North Carolina State at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas on Nov. 23.
What Happened To Bill Self?
Bill Self, the coach of the reigning Division I champion Kansas men’s basketball team, will begin the season with a four-game suspension as part of the university’s self-imposed punishments in response to its ongoing case with the N.C.A.A. that emerged from a sport-wide corruption and bribery scandal.
The University of Kansas has imposed a four-game suspension on basketball coach Bill Self and his top assistant Kurtis Townsend. The suspension comes following a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. Several other restrictions will also be imposed on the team.