Kansas head coach Bill Self casts a smile down his bench in the second half, as the Jayhawks near victory against the University of Oklahoma on Feb. 22, 2010, in Allen Fieldhouse. Self participates in the Coaches vs. Cancer program. He encourages fans to participate in the American Cancer Society's 3-Point Attack contest during the NCAA tournament.
More feedback from CBSsports.com, which has been conducting a “Candid Coaches” series all summer long.
After revealing earlier this week that Self was one of the top three vote-getters among his peers to the question, [“Which college coach would you want coaching your own son,”][1] it seems that there’s some interest in hanging out with Self, as well.
The KU coach set to begin his 14th season in charge of the program, was the No. 2 vote-getter in CBS’s most recent edition of the series, [“Who’s the college coach you’d most like to have a beer with?”][2]
Self received 15 percent of the vote in a poll that included more than 100 coaches.
West Virginia’s Bob Huggins was the run-away winner, with 29 percent of the vote.
Kansas head coach Bill Self laughs with West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins while Oklahoma State head coach Travis Ford and his players, Le'Bryan Nash, left, and Marcus Smart await a television interview during Big 12 Media Day on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Coaches and players representing each school in the conference were available for interviews.
As for why Self, the following quotes that stood out to CBSsports.com’s Matt Norlander summed it all up perfectly.
“Bill Self is the best because you can have a beer with him and completely forget you’re drinking with one of the all-time great coaches,” one coach told Norlander. “He just carries himself like a normal guy. It’s why everybody likes him.”
Added another coach: “Bill Self. Draught beer in a dive bar.”
Be sure to check out the full CBS story for some of the quotes that stood out about Huggins. Absolute classics.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
