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Bill Self stays at Kansas as Saturday's slate looms

Self, a sixty-three-year-old Hall of Famer, returns for a thirty-fourth season as a college head coach, the last twenty-four of them at Kansas; nobody checked the bench.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:20 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Yahoo Sports: “After brief thought of retirement, Bill Self is back as Kansas' head coach”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:20 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Kansas.
BBN covered this story before: A megachurch pastor is running for Senate in Kansas (October 15).

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Yahoo SportsAfter brief thought of retirement, Bill Self is back as Kansas' head coach

What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBill Self thought about retiring and then came back to Kansas for a thirty-fourth season as a college coach, which is the greatest reconciliation since Notre Dame and BYU, both unbeaten, meet Saturday at seven-thirty Eastern on ABC.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo he's back for twenty-four years with the Jayhawks and counting? Why would he even think about leaving?
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorEveryone thinks about leaving, Kenji. I never got in a game in four seasons, so I never had the chance to retire.

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