[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10883-10884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 116

       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

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     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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