photo by: AP Photo/Ben McKeown

Kansas head coach Bill Self looks towards his bench during an NCAA college basketball game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Monday and did not travel with the Jayhawks to their upcoming road game in Colorado, KU Athletics announced in a statement.

The statement said Self “felt under the weather earlier today and, out of an abundance of caution, was taken to LMH Health where he received IV fluids.”

Self was previously hospitalized on March 8, 2023, when he experienced chest tightness and balance issues, and had to miss the Jayhawks’ postseason run as a result. More recently, on July 24, 2025, he had two stents inserted at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as a result of what KU called “concerning symptoms.”

Self was released from that most recent hospitalization after just two days. He said in August that he did not consider stepping away due to health reasons and that doctors had advised him to make improvements in his diet and exercise.

He has also said in the past that he underwent an aortic valve replacement in the fall of 2022, and coached with a peripherally inserted central catheter, or PICC line, during a recent season.

Self is in his 23rd season as the coach at Kansas and 33rd as a head coach overall. The announcement did not say who will serve as acting coach in his stead when KU faces Colorado at the CU Events Center on Tuesday night.