Last week it was announced the Chiefs will be leaving Arrowhead to play in KCK starting in 2031.
Answering a question about the move, Self said "I won't be coaching here [in 2031], so I won't benefit from it. What is it going to be like six years from now? So the bottom line is, it's great for the state."
247sports.com/college/kansas/article/bil...fs-moving-268136850/
Drawing from that comment, at most Self’s last season will be AY2030-31, his 28th at KU.
At most, the rest of this season plus 5 more for the HoF coach who has rewritten the KU record books.
I have hoped he would go for riding off into the sunset after his 30th season with KANSAS, but I reckon that ain’t a-gonna happen.
And that’s at most. He could always leave earlier.
But let’s go with the rest of this season plus 5 more for 28 seasons coaching KANSAS.
Over his KU career Self has averaged almost 28 wins a season (over 28 wins per season but for AY2017-18). His lowest win totals were 21 and 23 wins. So let’s project he averages 25 wins each season he has left, starting with this one.
25 x 6 =150 more wins in his career, leading to…
>750 wins at KU, where he is already the winningest coach in KU history.
>960 wins in his entire HC career, which could put him in the Top 3 winningest D1 Men’s basketball coaches, and within reach of becoming just the 3rd D1 men’s coach to record 1000 wins behind K and Boeheim (all assuming he passes Rick Barnes and John Calipari, the only active D1 men’s coaches ahead of him).
Would such a possibility entice him to continue until he completes 30 years at KU?
Or maybe another NC in the process?
Trailing only Wooden (10), K (5) and Rupp (4); tied with Knight, Calhoun and Roy?
Or 2 NCs to tie Rupp?
One never knows, do one?
Ah, perchance to dream…
