BS

Bill Self

$8,853,800
2025-26 total pay
23
54–24
Champion
54–24
26
14
11
4
2
2

NCAA titles 2008, 2022. 2018 Final Four vacated.

Career Timeline

Head Coach
Kansas
Big 12
2003 – 2026
23y
Head Coach
Illinois
Big Ten
2000 – 2003
3y
Head Coach
Tulsa
C-USA
1997 – 2000
3y
Head Coach
Oral Roberts
Mid-Continent
1993 – 1997
4y
Assistant Coach
Oklahoma State
Big Eight
1986 – 1993
7y
Graduate Assistant
Kansas
Big Eight
1985 – 1986
1y
Player
Oklahoma State
Big Eight
1981 – 1985
4y

Source: Wikipedia / University bios / Sports-Reference

Coaching & Salary Information By Season

Source:USAT = USA Today
#1of 72
#1of 14
+139.3%
median $3,700,000
+0.6%
+$50K vs. 2024-25
+79.1%
since 2015-16
$2M
$4M
$6M
$8M
$10M
$12M
$0
'17-18
'18-19
'19-20
'20-21
'21-22
'22-23
'23-24
'24-25
'25-26
'26-27
2025-26$8,853,800
2024-25$8,803,800
2023-24$9,625,642
2022-23$5,963,800
2021-22$10,184,282
2020-21$3,661,007
2019-20$3,985,857
2018-19$4,066,857
2017-18$4,954,877
2016-17$4,932,626
2015-16$4,943,776
2014-15$4,955,186
2013-14$4,960,763
2012-13$4,960,763
2011-12$3,633,657
2010-11$3,615,656

Source: USA Today sportsdata.usatoday.com

Comparable Coaches

Other Big 12 head coaches · 2025-26 season

Bill SelfKansas
$8,853,800
$5,500,000
$5,500,000
$5,474,290
Grant McCaslandTexas Tech
$5,000,000
$4,365,321

Coaching Tree

Leonard Hamilton
Oklahoma State
1986-1990

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