Bill Self on his lifetime contract from Kansas: ‘I’m excited that I will finish my career here’

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Bill Self intends to finish his coaching career at Kansas, making his clearest statement yet one day after the announcement of a lifetime contract that will pay the Hall of Famer $53 million over the first five years and make him the most highly compensated men’s basketball coach at a public university. That’s why contracts are written where there is, ‘If this happens or that happens, this happens and these are the consequences,” said Self, whose amended contract amounts to a five-year deal that extends each year. But I’m excited that I will finish my career here.” Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said he approached Self early this year about amending his contract. “I mean, literally, we’re talking about the most consistent, most successful coach in modern basketball,” Goff said Wednesday, “and for a number of reasons, I didn’t feel like his contract was reflective of that.