SAN DIEGO — Longtime Kansas coach Bill Self mentioned after Sunday’s season-ending loss to St. John’s that he has not but decided about his coaching future.
“I’ll get back and get with family and visit and see what’s going on,” Self mentioned after the Jayhawks lost 67-65 on a buzzer-beater within the second spherical of the NCAA match. “I love what I do, I need to be able to do it where I’m feeling good and healthy to do it fairly well. I’ll get back home, and it’ll all be discussed.”
Self then clarified that his resolution is not going to be primarily based on any on-court elements however reasonably on his well being.
Self, 63, has handled a number of health-related points lately.
In 2023, he underwent a “standard heart catheterization” after complaining of chest tightness and missed that postseason. In July 2025, he was hospitalized after experiencing “some concerning symptoms,” then underwent a process to have two stents inserted into his coronary heart two days later.
Then, this previous January, Self was taken to the hospital out of an “abundance of caution” due to being beneath the climate, the varsity mentioned at the time. Despite that hospital go to, Self mentioned Sunday that, whereas not utterly wholesome, he feels “as good as I’ve felt in a long time.”
“I’m not making any statements whatsoever,” mentioned Self, who’s 634-167 since taking on at Kansas in 2003, successful two nationwide championships. “When you get to be doing it as long as I’ve done it, I look at it in five-year increments. Now I’m probably looking at it in more two-year increments, so to speak. So I try to focus on this season and try to get us to a second weekend, which we failed at. So I’ll go back now and break it down and see where that leads.”
Against the Red Storm, the Jayhawks erased a 14-point deficit, then might solely watch in shock when Dylan Darling ended their season by slipping by means of the protection for the successful layup at the buzzer.
“One of the things that makes [the tournament] so great is that it can be great, but it can also be cruel,” Self mentioned. “I’m certainly disappointed, sad for our guys, because they tried so hard. But just a tough afternoon.”
Self’s groups at Kansas now have failed to make it previous the second spherical of the NCAA match in 4 straight years.
“The first year we were a 1-seed, and I had serious health issues and I didn’t finish the season,” Self mentioned when requested concerning the streak of quick match runs. “The last two years hasn’t been — well, this year included — it’s been inconsistent and not as good. So obviously it’s disappointing.”
While Self mentioned he wished his fourth-seeded workforce had been extra constant through the season so as to earn the next seed, he balked at the notion that this system wants to change its id going ahead.
“I actually believe that we need to do a really good job evaluating and recruiting,” Self mentioned. “I just think in today’s time, the next four to six weeks will be indicative to the question that was asked earlier: ‘How can you improve yourself moving forward?’ The next four to six weeks will be the most important time to do that.”
