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Bill Eugene Self Jr. was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where his father was the girls' basketball coach at nearby Morris High School. [4] Self attended Edmond Memorial High School, where he was named Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981.
In his office, Bill Self displays a photo of him and his wife, Cindy, with longtime friend Garth Brooks. She went to high school with the country star. Self played softball with him in Oklahoma.
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Bill Self brushed off becoming the winningest coach in Kansas basketball history, even as he surpassed the guy whose name is on the arena. Self claimed the top spot at one of college basketball's ...
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Self spent a year living in Ithaca in upstate New York. [14] Self's parents separated when he was nine, and divorced when he was 18. [18] Despite the intellectual encouragement given by his parents, he was an emotionally confused and self-destructive child, harming himself with cigarette ends and knives before beginning to use drugs. [19]
Self’s ensuing recovery sidelined him for the rest of a season that ended with KU, a No. 1 seed, losing a second-round NCAA Tournament game a year after winning the national title.