Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self had two stents inserted at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Thursday after experiencing “concerning symptoms,” KU Athletics announced in a statement on Thursday night.
“The procedure went very well, and he is expected to make a full recovery,” the statement reads. “He is in good spirits and expects to be released from the hospital soon.”
Self is entering his 23rd season as KU’s head coach. He was hospitalized on March 8, 2023, after experiencing chest tightness and balance issues, and missed the Jayhawks’ postseason run that season. On that occasion, he also had two stents placed, and underwent a standard heart catheterization. Now-retired assistant coach Norm Roberts served as head coach in Self’s place during the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments that season as KU lost in the second round.
Self revealed later that spring in an interview with The Field of 68 that he had an aortic valve replaced in the fall of 2022, and, he said, “was told I would feel better immediately, and I just felt OK. I didn’t ever feel better immediately, and then I had some lingering things kind of going on, and then the day before the Big 12 tournament I had an episode where obviously it became much more than what it had been.”
He also said on “The Sideline with Andy Katz” podcast on Monday that he had to spend time coaching with a PICC line in — a peripherally inserted central catheter, which is a tube that goes into the arm and can deliver medications or nutrition to the heart — during a recent season.
“I am just now getting back to where I’m attacking it every day, rather than kind of being on the defensive from a health standpoint,” he said on the podcast.
Self previously spoke to reporters at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday as KU began its final week of summer workouts ahead of the 2025-26 season.
This story will be updated.
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