Kansas coach Bill Self will be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame on Friday, but before then, old friend Larry Brown took time to offer congratulations and also some advice.
Brown, who gave Self his first coaching job as a graduate assistant for KU in 1985-86, wrote an open letter to Self on The Players’ Tribune on Tuesday, first talking about his admiration for his pupil.
“Bill is sincere. Bill is honest,” Brown wrote. “I can’t stress how rare that is. The kids can tell right away that he has their back.