Self belief: KU coach now top paid in basketball

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Staff WriterNov 7, 2023, 04:01 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
  • Joined ESPN in 2014.
  • Graduate of University of Delaware.Kansas coach Expense

Self has signed an amended five-year contract– set up to be effectively a lifetime deal– that makes him the highest-paid coach in college basketball.Self will make more than$13 million in payment for the 2023-24 season and$ 53 million over the next five years, a number that includes $7.2 million in income formerly deferred due to COVID-related financial difficulties. Kentucky’s John Calipari was formerly the highest-paid coach in the country; he will make $44 million over the next five years, sources informed ESPN.Kansas announced and launched the brand-new contract Tuesday. “Costs Self is unquestionably the most constant coach in college basketball, and a restructuring of his agreement terms were long overdue,” athletic director Travis Goff said. “In an ever-changing college athletics environment, our strong commitment to Coach Self positions KU basketball to keep and enhance its status as the most storied program in the nation. Over his 20 years at KU, our guys’s basketball program has actually been a primary source of favorable alumni engagement, strong university enrollment, and profits that has actually helped fund all other Kansas Sports programs and buy all 500 student-athletes every year. With him and his personnel at the helm of our basketball program, the future of Kansas Athletics has never been brighter.”Editor’s Picks

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The Jayhawks get in the 2023-24 season as the preseason No. 1 team in the nation after making back-to-back 1-seeds and winning the 2022 NCAA tournament.Self ought to reach

800 profession wins this season and already has two championship games and 20 league titles– consisting of 13 straight Huge 12 champions.” I am really appreciative to Chancellor [Douglas] Girod, Travis Goff and the entire KU management group for their continued belief and confidence in me and my staff to lead this storied program,”Self said.”I know the Chancellor and Travis are as delighted as I have to do with the future of Kansas Basketball. There has actually never ever been a better time to be a part of our athletic department and this program. My household and I are so happy to be at this university, and I am anticipating a lot more seasons representing the most enthusiastic fan base in the country.” There’s no place like Kansas.”The 2017 FBI investigation into college basketball that captured Kansas ‘men’s basketball program finally came to a close last month, with Self preventing any additional penalty and the program avoiding a postseason restriction. The independent resolution panel eventually reduced five Level I violations into 3 Level II violations and four Level III violations.In April 2021, Self signed his preliminary life time contract with the school. It was a five-year agreement with an extra year added at the end of every season, with an ensured salary of $5.41 million annually. The contract likewise consisted of a stipulation that the school can not fire Self for cause” due to any existing violations matter that involves conduct on or prior to “the signing of the deal.Kansas opened the season with a 99-56 win over North Carolina Central on Monday and will host Manhattan on Friday.