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Kansas head coach Bill Self talks about the Jayhawks\u2019 seeding during a press conference following the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas will face Arkansas in the first round in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo by Nick Krug<\/p>\n


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In an interview on the \u201cInside College Basketball Now\u201d podcast with CBS Sports\u2019 Jon Rothstein, Kansas men\u2019s basketball coach Bill Self weighed in on the hypothetical hiring process for his eventual successor at KU whenever he chooses to retire from coaching.<\/p>\n

The interview, which was filmed on July 21 prior to Self\u2019s two-day stint at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and published on Thursday, includes KU\u2019s 23-year coach supplying the self-deprecating caveat, \u201cI guess people will talk about my successor maybe because they want it to happen sooner rather than later, but the bottom line is I plan on doing this. I feel good and I plan on doing this a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Self, 62, who said in November 2023 he was on the \u201cback three or four\u201d holes of his coaching career, still spoke candidly with Rothstein about the sorts of criteria he might want to see for KU\u2019s ninth head coach \u2014 stressing that he hopes the school hires \u201cthe best guy that gives Kansas the best chance to have the best basketball future moving forward,\u201d and that it all depends on the timing and the particular candidates involved.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cin a perfect world\u201d the next coach could be someone from his staff or with ties to KU.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the end of the day, you know what I would probably hope?\u201d Self told Rothstein. \u201cIf that guy has ties, fantastic. If he doesn\u2019t have ties, go get the best guy that can take this program hopefully even to another level. I think that\u2019s the goal that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Self said there are scenarios across the country in which both internal and external candidates haven\u2019t panned out, and it isn\u2019t worth it to \u201ckeep it in the family\u201d if it means the program regresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd right now I think I got a guy or two on my staff that would be fantastic,\u201d Self said. \u201cBut timing\u2019s everything. They could have kept it in the family whenever Roy (Williams) left, right? And you know, I don\u2019t want to speak for others, but from my vantage point it\u2019s worked out decent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Self is entering his 23rd season at the helm at KU and his 33rd as a head coach overall. In May, he hired Jacque Vaughn on a two-year contract as his newest assistant coach to replace the retired Norm Roberts. Vaughn, besides being a revered former Jayhawk from the Williams era, is also a past NBA head coach who led the Orlando Magic and Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n

Self agreed with Rothstein that Vaughn could be a potential option as an in-house successor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019d say Jeremy Case for sure,\u201d Self added. \u201cJeremy\u2019s been in the business a while and been with me. He\u2019s been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Case played for the Jayhawks during the first five seasons of Self\u2019s tenure, including as part of the 2008 national championship team. He served on the KU staff for a year, went to coach at what is now Houston Christian and Southeast Missouri State, and returned to Lawrence as a video coordinator in 2016. He has served as one of Self\u2019s assistant coaches since 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cJeremy has been unbelievable and basically carried us through this portal season and all that stuff,\u201d Self said. \u201cAnd then you get the chance to hire a guy (Vaughn) that\u2019s been a three-time NBA head coach and been in the league for 12 years as a player? Those are things that obviously mean something. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut we say that this is how we want it to be, but you don\u2019t even know how much guys will actually enjoy the college experience after being at the NBA level and things like that. So there\u2019s a lot of unknowns out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Self also mentioned that he has other ex-players on staff in Brennan Bechard, the director of scouting, and Chase Buford, who joined as an assistant coach prior to the 2024-25 season, but said they might not necessarily be in a position to serve as candidates for the job whenever Self retires.<\/p>\n

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Written By Henry Greenstein<\/p>\n


\n Henry is the sports editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and KUsports.com, and serves as the KU beat writer while managing day-to-day sports coverage. He previously worked as a sports reporter at The Bakersfield Californian and is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Linguistics) and Arizona State University (M.A., Sports Journalism). Though a native of Los Angeles, he has frequently been told he does not give off “California vibes,” whatever that means. <\/p>\n

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