After health scare, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is more focused on his health than ever
A health scare last month did lead to him missing the Big 12 tournament and the team’s two games in the NCAA tournament . He was under the care of the University of Kansas Health System starting March 8, before he was discharged March 12, and according to a team release while there “underwent a standard heart catheterization and had two stents placed for the treatment of blocked arteries.” But he’s more resolved than ever to be a part of the Jayhawks’ future.
However, while recognizing that, Self acknowledged as well that he’ll go about focusing on his health in a way he hasn’t before, too. For so long, he’s been told how he needs to lose weight, eat right and exercise. For the first time, he’s taking that advice seriously.
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“I think the last several weeks I’ve been able to reflect on a lot of things,” said Self, who felt fortunate there was a chain of events that led him to getting checked out. “The one thing I can tell you without question, I miss my job, I love my job and I want to do my job for a long time. That’s what is positive. Now, for me to be as effective doing that, I think I have to wake up a little bit and maybe do some things from a lifestyle standpoint, a personal habit standpoint, that I have been very, very, very inconsistent with my entire adult life.”