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The University of Kansas' men's basketball team plays at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in the Big 12 Conference.The men's basketball program officially began in 1898, following the arrival of Dr. James Naismith to the school, just six years after Naismith had written the sport's first official rules.
Kurtis Townsend (born December 13, 1957) is an American basketball coach who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Townsend was an assistant on the Jayhawks 2007–08 and 2021-22 NCAA national championship team. [2]
On April 13, 2004, he signed a five-year contract to coach the men's basketball team at St. John's University. His assistants included Glenn Braica , Chris Casey , and Fred Quartlebaum. [ 1 ] In April 2012 Roberts returned to the University of Kansas as an assistant coach, filling the position left by Danny Manning .
Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self talks to the crowd during Late Night in the Phog inside Allen Fieldhouse on Oct. 18, 2024. Jordan Guskey covers the University of Kansas Athletics at The ...
John Calipari, assistant at Kansas from 1982 to 1985, enshrined as a head coach, primarily a college coach but had a brief stint in the NBA. Gregg Popovich , assistant at Kansas for 1986–87 season, enshrined as head coach in NBA.
He is the winningest coach in Kansas history, having passed Hall of Famer Phog Allen on November 12, 2024, and is the only coach in Kansas history to lead Kansas to multiple NCAA Tournament National Championships. Self was the highest paid NCAA basketball coach for the 2021–22 season earning $10,184,282.
Norm Roberts (KU assistant) did great job in recruiting Rakease and his family to Kansas.” Passmore averaged 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game as a junior at Combine Academy.
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois — Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self received a mostly positive response from the crowd Sunday, as he took the court ahead of the Jayhawks’ exhibition game against ...