Kansas head coach Bill Self makes his way off the court after a last-second shot from St. John's guard Dylan Darling (0) ended the Jayhawks’ season on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Viejas Arena in San Diego. Photo by Nick Krug

SAN DIEGO — Moments after the conclusion of his 23rd season at Kansas, head coach Bill Self said he has not decided about whether he will return for a 24th.

“I’ll get back and get with family and visit and see what’s going on,” Self said after KU’s 67-65 loss to St. John’s on Sunday afternoon in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. “I love what I do. I need to be able to do it where I’m feeling good and healthy to do it fairly well. I’ll get back home and it will all be discussed.”

Self’s health issues over the last several years have been well documented. The Hall of Famer and two-time national champion, the winningest coach in KU’s history, has been hospitalized twice in the last year: once in July when he had two stents inserted after experiencing “concerning symptoms” and once in January when he missed a road game at Colorado due to dehydration and learned he also had atrial fibrillation.

In the months since, Self has frequently said that he is doing well. On Sunday, even after saying “I haven’t decided” in response to a question about his future, he added that “I feel as good as I’ve felt in a long time.”

“I’m not making any statements whatsoever,” Self added. “But … when you get to be doing it as long as I’ve done it, I (looked) at it in five-year increments, now I’m probably looking at it in more two-year increments, so to speak. So I try to focus on this season and try to get us to a second weekend, which we failed at. So I’ll go back now and break it down and see where that leads.”

Self’s health issues came to the fore at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, when he had to miss KU’s postseason run due to chest tightness and balance issues that prevented him from coaching in the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments. He has also said previously that he had an aortic valve replaced in the fall of 2022, and at one point was coaching with a peripherally inserted central catheter, or PICC line.

The Jayhawks have not returned to the second weekend of the tournament since winning the national title in 2022. Self was asked about what needs to change going forward after the recent series of first- and second-round exits and first pointed out that when KU lost to Arkansas in the second round in 2023, it was a No. 1 seed and he wasn’t able to coach the team.

“The last two years hasn’t been — well, this year included — it’s been inconsistent and not as good,” Self said. “So obviously it’s disappointing. I really feel that we had a team this year that could have been a higher seed if we would have played better in other games. And if you’re a higher seed, you don’t play St. John’s in the second game, arguably the hottest team in the tournament.”

The Johnnies have still lost just one game since Jan. 3 as they move on to face Duke in the Sweet 16. St. John’s led KU by as many as 14 points in the second half, the Jayhawks rallied to tie the game, and then Red Storm guard Dylan Darling won the game for his team with a buzzer-beating layup.