Did Bill Self play college basketball?

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 at Kansas, 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).

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.

Self was the highest-paid NCAA basketball coach for the 2021–22 season. He made $10,184,282 that season. He signed a lifetime contract extension with the Jayhawks in 2021.

In 2022, Self became the seventh coach to win multiple NCAA tournament championships since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Did Bill Self play college basketball?

Self was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where his father was the girls’ basketball coach at nearby Morris High School. Self attended Edmond Memorial High School, where he was named Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981.

Yes, Bill Self played college basketball. As a student-athlete at Oklahoma State University, Self played four varsity basketball seasons (1981-82 to 1984-85) and graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in business. He earned a master’s degree in athletic administration in 1989.