Bill Self Uncertain About Future at Kansas After Tournament Exit SAN DIEGO — Kansas head coach Bill Self remained noncommittal about his future with the program following the Jayhawks’ season-ending loss to St. John’s in the NCAA tournament. After the 67-65 defeat, which ended on a buzzer-beater by Dylan Darling, Self said he had not yet decided whether to continue coaching. “I’ll get back and get with family and visit and see what’s going on,” Self said after the game. “I love what I do, but 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 emphasized that his decision would not be based on on-court performance but rather his health. The 63-year-old coach has faced multiple health challenges in recent years, including a heart catheterization in 2023 after chest tightness forced him to miss the postseason. In July 2025, he was hospitalized for concerning symptoms and underwent a procedure to insert two stents into his heart. Earlier this year, he was hospitalized again due to feeling unwell, though he claimed Sunday that, while not fully healthy, he felt “as good as I’ve felt in a long time.” Despite his health struggles, Self expressed no immediate plans to step down. “I’m not making any statements whatsoever,” he said. “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.” The Jayhawks’ tournament run ended in heartbreaking fashion after they erased a 14-point deficit against St. John’s.#ncaa_tournament #kansas #st_john_s #bill_self #dylan_darling
