[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 116 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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.


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                   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

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                               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 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
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Head Coach of the University of Kansas 
        men's basketball team, Bill Self, for--
                    (A) winning the Henry P. Iba Coach of the Year 
                Award presented by the United States Basketball Writers 
                Association; and
                    (B) being named the Sporting News National Coach of 
                the Year and the Big 12 Coach of the Year; and
            (2) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution for appropriate 
        display to--
                    (A) the Chancellor of the University of Kansas, 
                Robert Hemenway;
                    (B) the Athletic Director of the University of 
                Kansas, Lew Perkins; and
                    (C) the Head Coach the University of Kansas men's 
                basketball team, Bill Self.
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