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Self's record through AY2025-26 & if Bill retires, who?
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9 hours 49 minutes ago - 8 minutes ago #34934
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
HCBS checks in at #11.
D1 MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES with 800+ Wins
Ranked by # of Wins as of 2026-03-22 Source: stats.ncaa.org/head_coaches
Top 25 Winningest D1 Men’s Coaches are shown to capture who is getting close to 800 wins.
ACTIVE COACHES NAMES are ALL CAPS; ★ Naismith Memorial Basketball HOFNOTES
AGE* = CURRENT age for ACTIVE coaches, Age at Retirement for RETIRED coaches
(Average Retirement age for above 17 Retired coaches = 71)
1. Boeheim’s totals do not include 101 wins vacated by the NCAA.
2. Calipari’s totals do not include 42 wins and 2 losses vacated by the NCAA.
3. Self’s totals do not include 15 wins vacated by the NCAA.
4. Pitino’s totals do not include 123 wins and 3 losses vacated by the NCAA.
Looking at that age data, you would think he'd have a few solid years left in the tank (on top of the above recall that Phog was 70 when he was forced to retire). But each situation has its own particular factors to consider.
What is within his reach if he decides to stay a bit longer? (clearly a season by season decision if he does return...)
36 = Wins left for Bill to tie Kansas alum and NMBHOF member Adolph Rupp (876-190) on the ATW D1 Men's Coaches list.
60 = Wins left for Bill to reach total career win #900
63 = Wins left for Bill to tie Roy as THE winningest KANSAS Head Coach for TOTAL CAREER
67 = Wins Left for Bill to reach KU career win #700
The updated official NCAA KANSAS and CAREER W-L records for Bill Self, Phog Allen and Roy Williams are reflected below.
NCAA WON-LOST RECORDS OF WINNINGEST KANSAS MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES
The above record for Self does not include the 15 wins from AY2017-18 vacated by the NCAA five years later in 2023
I'd love to see him stay long enough to right the ship, reach those milestones and maybe a 3rd NC along the way, but I won't begrudge him at all if he decides to close the record book on his career.
D1 MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES with 800+ Wins
Ranked by # of Wins as of 2026-03-22 Source: stats.ncaa.org/head_coaches
Top 25 Winningest D1 Men’s Coaches are shown to capture who is getting close to 800 wins.
ACTIVE COACHES NAMES are ALL CAPS; ★ Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF
RANK|NAME SEASONS WINS LOSSES TIES WL % AGE*
1 Mike Krzyzewski★ 47 1202 368 0 0.766 75
2 Jim Boeheim★1 47 1015 441 0 0.697 78
3 Bob Huggins★ 41 935 414 0 0.693 69
4 Jim Calhoun★ 44 920 397 0 0.699 79
5 Roy Williams★ 33 903 264 0 0.774 70
6 Bob Knight★ 42 902 371 0 0.709 67
7 Dean Smith★ 36 879 254 0 0.776 66
8 Adolph Rupp★ 41 876 190 0 0.822 70
9 JOHN CALIPARI★2 34 863 283 0 0.753 67
10 RICK BARNES 39 860 434 0 0.665 71
11 BILL SELF★3 33 840 272 0 0.755 63
12 Cliff Ellis 46 831 565 0 0.595 77
13 Jim Phelan 49 830 524 0 0.613 74
14 KELVIN SAMPSON 37 829 360 0 0.697 70
15 Rollie Massimino 41 816 462 0 0.638 82
16 Eddie Sutton★ 37 806 326 0 0.712 72
17 Rick Byrd 38 805 403 0 0.666 65
18 RICK PITINO★4 38 792 314 0 0.716 73
19 DANA ALTMAN 37 792 425 0 0.651 67
20 Lefty Driesell★ 41 786 394 0 0.666 72
21 Lute Olson★ 34 781 279 0 0.737 74
22 Lou Henson 41 779 412 0 0.654 73
23 MARK FEW 27 772 156 0 0.832 63
24 TOM IZZO★ 31 764 309 0 0.712 71
25 Edgar Diddle★ 42 759 302 0 0.715 69AGE* = CURRENT age for ACTIVE coaches, Age at Retirement for RETIRED coaches
(Average Retirement age for above 17 Retired coaches = 71)
1. Boeheim’s totals do not include 101 wins vacated by the NCAA.
2. Calipari’s totals do not include 42 wins and 2 losses vacated by the NCAA.
3. Self’s totals do not include 15 wins vacated by the NCAA.
4. Pitino’s totals do not include 123 wins and 3 losses vacated by the NCAA.
Looking at that age data, you would think he'd have a few solid years left in the tank (on top of the above recall that Phog was 70 when he was forced to retire). But each situation has its own particular factors to consider.
What is within his reach if he decides to stay a bit longer? (clearly a season by season decision if he does return...)
36 = Wins left for Bill to tie Kansas alum and NMBHOF member Adolph Rupp (876-190) on the ATW D1 Men's Coaches list.
60 = Wins left for Bill to reach total career win #900
63 = Wins left for Bill to tie Roy as THE winningest KANSAS Head Coach for TOTAL CAREER
67 = Wins Left for Bill to reach KU career win #700
The updated official NCAA KANSAS and CAREER W-L records for Bill Self, Phog Allen and Roy Williams are reflected below.
NCAA WON-LOST RECORDS OF WINNINGEST KANSAS MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES
at KU NAME CAREER
633-167 (.791) BILL SELF 840-272 (.755)
590-219 (.729) Phog Allen 746-264 (.739) #29 on the NCAA ATW D1 Head Coaches list @2026-03-24
418-101 (.805) Roy Williams 903-264 (.774) #5 on the NCAA ATW D1 Head Coaches listI'd love to see him stay long enough to right the ship, reach those milestones and maybe a 3rd NC along the way, but I won't begrudge him at all if he decides to close the record book on his career.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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5 minutes ago #34936
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Billy Donovan?
From the linked article (emphasis mine)...
"According to college basketball insider Rob Reinhart, UNC reached out to Donovan for the head coach opportunity. However, the Bulls’ head coach is not interested in the role and is actually pursuing some other opportunities in college basketball instead. Reinhart also added that UNC was never really interested in bringing Donovan aboard; they just wanted to check NBA waters."
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I wouldn't mind having him, but at 60 he is just 3 years younger than Bill.
From the linked article (emphasis mine)...
"According to college basketball insider Rob Reinhart, UNC reached out to Donovan for the head coach opportunity. However, the Bulls’ head coach is not interested in the role and is actually pursuing some other opportunities in college basketball instead. Reinhart also added that UNC was never really interested in bringing Donovan aboard; they just wanted to check NBA waters."
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I wouldn't mind having him, but at 60 he is just 3 years younger than Bill.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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