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Following North Carolina's firing of Hubert Davis, one of college basketball's biggest blue-blood programs is in the market for a new coach.
Could a second team soon join the Tar Heels in the coaching market?
Bill Self's future is in doubt at Kansas, where the Hall of Fame Coach has led the Jayhawks since 2003, after he told reporters on Sunday, March 22 that he has not "decided" on his future amid health concerns. He added that he would discuss it with family.
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No. 4 seed Kansas exited the 2026 Men's NCAA Tournament short of a Sweet 16 berth after St. John's game-winning — and season-ending — buzzer-beater. It is the fourth straight season the Jayhawks have been eliminated in the first weekend, with the Jayhawks last advancing to the second weekend in 2022, when they won the national championship.
The Jayhawks finished the 2025-26 season with a 24-11 record.
Since taking over in Lawrence, Kansas, Self has led the Jayhawks to the Men's NCAA Tournament every season in which March Madness was held. That includes four Final Four appearances, three national championship game appearances and two national titles, in 2008 and 2022.
Here's everything to know about Self's decision, including updates:
Following Kansas' loss to St. John's in the second round of the Men's NCAA Tournament on March 22 in San Diego, Self was noncommittal about what his coaching future looks like.
"No, I haven't decided," Self said in the postgame news conference. "I'll get back and visit with family. I've had obviously some issues off the court health-wise. And that will be discussed.
"But I love what I do. I want to feel good while I'm doing it, though. We'll get back and we'll discuss that when we get back."
The 63-year-old Self has experienced some health concerns in recent years and was briefly hospitalized in January. Self's hospitalization was out of "abundance of caution" due to being under the weather, and kept him from traveling with his team to a road game at Colorado.
"I feel as good as I've felt in a long time," Self said on March 22. "I'm not making any statements whatsoever. But every year, I think — it used to be you work — 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."
What are Bill Self's health issues?Self has been dealing with heart conditions for several years.
He missed the 2023 Big 12 Tournament and 2023 Men's NCAA Tournament after being hospitalized for chest tightness and balance concerns. Self "underwent a standard heart catheterization and had two stents placed for the treatment of blocked arteries" that year, according to the Topeka Capital Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Self was taken to the hospital in July 2025 after he “felt unwell and experienced some concerning symptoms," according to a statement from Kansas at that time. He had two stents inserted, and the "procedure went very well," per Kansas.
This season, Self was taken to the hospital out of an "abundance of caution" due to being under the weather.
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