Kansas coach Bill Self, previously awarded Sporting News' Coach of the Year honors, added to his hardware collection Sunday when he was voted Naismith Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year.
Self, whose Jayhawks will play Kentucky in the NCAA championship game Monday night, becomes the third Kansas coach to win the award from the Atlanta Tipoff Club, joining Larry Brown (1988) and Roy Williams (1997).
Self beat out Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, Kentucky's John Calipari and Missouri's Frank Haith for the Naismith award, which was voted on by a nationwide panel of journalists, coaches and administrators.
"This is a terrific honor. When you think of postseason awards, anything that has (James) Nasmith?s name in front of it is a huge award and certainly I'm very proud of this," Self said in a statement. "It is a reflection of how our team performed all year long. There are so many good coaches out there to choose from but I am honored they picked me."
Self, in his ninth season at KU, led the Jayhawks to a 31-7 record and a record eighth consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. He is 269-52 at KU and 476-157 overall, including the 2008 national championship.
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