The University of Kanas announced Wednesday that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self and Assistant Coach Kurtis Townsend have been suspended for the first 4 games of the season.
The suspensions are in response to the NCAAs continuing investigation into the KU men’s basketball program and after a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption.
Norm Roberts will be the acting coach for the defending national champions beginning with their opener Monday night against Omaha. Self and Townsend also will miss games against North Dakota State and Southern Utah along with a high-profile showdown between the No. 5 Jayhawks and No. 7 Duke in the Champions Classic.
Self and Townsend will rejoin the team in time to face North Carolina State at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas on Nov. 23.
The school already had barred the two coaches from off-campus recruiting this past summer.
KU will also reduce the number of official visits during the 2023-24 academic year, reduce the total number of scholarships by three over a three-year span and reduce the number of permissible recruiting days during the upcoming year by 13 days.
Coach Self in a released statement said He and Coach Townsend accept and support KUs decision.
