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Bill Self is an American college men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, where he has led Kansas to ten straight Big 12 Conference regular season championships and the 2008 NCAA national championship.
Self was named The Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 2000, 2009 and 2011, 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. He is also a five-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award. 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 2006 to 2012, Self had the best six-year record of any men's basketball coach in Division 1 history. As a coach at Kansas, Self has record at Allen Fieldhouse of 168-9.
Self played college basketball at Oklahoma State University, where he was a four-year letter winner between 1982 and 1985 and was an All-Big Eight selection in 1982. He received his bachelor's degree in business in 1985 and a master's degree in athletic administration in 1989 from Oklahoma State University.
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