Billy Eugene Self Jr. (born December 27, 1962) is the NCAA Division-1 men\'s college basketball coach at the University of Kansas. During his 16 seasons as head coach, he\'s led the Jayhawks to at least a share of an NCAA record 14 straight Big 12 regular season championships (2005–2018), three NCAA Final Four appearances (2008, 2012, 2018), and the 2008 NCAA championship. Self was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2017. Self, as of the end of the 2018-19 season, has the 23rd most wins among Division I coaches in NCAA History and 8th among active head coaches.\n', '

As coach at Kansas, Self has a record of 202–11 (.957 win percentage) at historic Allen Fieldhouse. In his tenure at Kansas, Self has had 3 home winning streaks of more than 30 wins including a school record and 11th-best all-time 69 game streak. During his tenure at Kansas, he has recruited several McDonald\'s All-Americans to Kansas, including Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, Xavier Henry, Andrew Wiggins, Cliff Alexander, Wayne Selden Jr., Cheick Diallo, and Josh Jackson.\n', '

Self has implemented a strong hi-lo motion offense using size as an advantage in the paint, and a pressing man to man defense on all his teams from his early coaching days at the University of Tulsa through the present. He has also shown great adaptability on the court and has implemented sometimes drastic adjustments as needed to his defensive schemes with various degrees of success. Despite Self\'s consistency, many reporters have questioned his abilities in the NCAA Tournament because of various upsets in early rounds, as well as a 3–7 record in the regional finals, despite being a #1 seed 7 times.\n', '

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