College basketball is a big industry, with thousands of fans watching each game live in the stadiums and millions more on their televisions. As of March 2025, the head coach of the men's basketball program at Kansas, Bill Self, had the highest salary of any college basketball coach. The coach, who joined the Jayhawks in 2003 and helped them secure an NCAA Division I Tournament title in 2022, had a salary of *** million U.S. dollars during the 2024/25 season.
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