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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 116 

Commending the Head Coach of the University of Kansas men’s basketball 

team, Bill Self, for winning the Henry P. Iba Coach of the Year Award 

presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association and for 

being named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year and the 

Big 12 Coach of the Year. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2009 

Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the Head Coach of the University of Kansas 

men’s basketball team, Bill Self, for winning the Henry 

P. Iba Coach of the Year Award presented by the United 

States Basketball Writers Association and for being 

named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year 

and the Big 12 Coach of the Year. 

Whereas after the University of Kansas men’s basketball 

team won the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Basketball Division I Championship, 

all the most experienced players on the team went on to 

graduate or pursue their professional ambitions; 

Whereas, despite this challenge, the Head Coach of the University of Kansas men’s basketball team, Bill Self, led the 

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2009 team to an impressive 27-win season, in which the 

team ended the regular season at the top of the Big 12 

Conference, and finished the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I tournament in the Sweet Sixteen; 

Whereas, Coach Self has been a head coach for 16 years, 

winning 9 league championships in the last 11 years and 

guiding his teams through 11 consecutive 20-win seasons; 

Whereas Coach Self is 1 of only 4 coaches in NCAA Men’s 

Basketball Division I history to have led 3 different 

schools (the University of Tulsa, the University of Illinois, and the University of Kansas) to the Elite Eight in 

the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I tournament; 

Whereas Coach Self has demonstrated the Kansas values of 

hard work, determination, pride, and spirit, and has instilled these values in the athletes he coaches; 

Whereas during his career at the University of Kansas, 

Coach Self has coached 11 professional basketball players, and impacted the lives of hundreds of young men; 

Whereas, in 2009, Coach Self won the Henry P. Iba Coach 

of the Year Award presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association and was named the Sporting 

News National Coach of the Year and the Big 12 Coach 

of the Year; and 

Whereas Coach Self is an asset to the country, the State of 

Kansas, and the University of Kansas: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends the Head Coach of the Univer3 sity of Kansas men’s basketball team, Bill Self, 

4 for— 

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1 (A) winning the Henry P. Iba Coach of the 

2 Year Award presented by the United States 

3 Basketball Writers Association; and 

4 (B) being named the Sporting News Na5 tional Coach of the Year and the Big 12 Coach 

6 of the Year; and 

7 (2) respectfully requests the Secretary of the 

8 Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu9 tion for appropriate display to— 

10 (A) the Chancellor of the University of 

11 Kansas, Robert Hemenway; 

12 (B) the Athletic Director of the University 

13 of Kansas, Lew Perkins; and 

14 (C) the Head Coach the University of Kan15 sas men’s basketball team, Bill Self. 

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