It could make sense if longtime Kansas Jayhawks head males’s basketball coach Bill Self determined to step away this offseason.
Self is 63 years previous, and he has a historical past of well being points. Simply this previous season, he was hospitalized and needed to miss a recreation because of a well being problem.
Self has been at Kansas since 2003. He is a two-time NCAA Match champion and a two-time AP Coach of the Yr.
Mainly, he is achieved all of it. That is why rumors have been circulating that Kansas’ second-round exit within the NCAA Match to St. John’s could possibly be Self’s final recreation as a head coach.
These are rumors that Self denied on Wednesday, although, in line with Gary Bedore of the Kansas City Star.
“No information. All b.s. Dangerous information,” Self informed Bedore in a textual content.
Notably, Self did not say he is coming again in 2026. It is also value mentioning that after the Jayhawks’ match loss, Self wouldn’t commit by hook or by crook to his future as a coach.
“No, I haven’t determined (on returning),” Self stated, per Bedore. “I’ll get again and go to with household. I’ve had clearly some points off the courtroom health-wise. And that will probably be mentioned. However I really like what I do. I wish to really feel good whereas I’m doing it, although. We’ll get again and we’ll focus on that after we get again.”
If Self does retire, he’ll go down as the most effective to ever do it.
He is gone 648-167 at Kansas, a successful proportion of .795%, and he is 855-272 total as a head coach with earlier stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois.
