Billy Eugene Self Jr. (born December 27, 1962) is the NCAA Division-1 men's college basketball coach at the University of Kansas. During his 16 seasons as head coach, he's led the Jayhawks to at least a share of an NCAA record 14 straight Big 12 regular season championships (2005β2018), three NCAA Final Four appearances (2008, 2012, 2018), and the 2008 NCAA championship. Self was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2017. Self, as of the end of the 2018-19 season, has the 23rd most wins among Division I coaches in NCAA History and 8th among active head coaches.