Bill Self Named the Yahoo! Sports National Coach of the Year

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March 5, 2009

LAWRENCE, Kansas -

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was named the Yahoo! Sports National Coach of the Year Thursday. Self was a finalist along with Trent Johnson of LSU, Craig Robinson of Oregon State, Mike Anderson of Missouri and Leonard Hamilton of Florida State.

It is the first time that Self has been named a National Coach of the Year award by a major publication since he was named the National Coach of the Year in 2000 by The Sporting News. Self was recently named a Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year Finalist. Self is also a four-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003).

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