<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Kansas coach Bill Self had his turn Wednesday in what can now officially be called a trend. Self, who was pursued by his alma mater Oklahoma State after the Jayhawks won the national title in April in San Antonio, signed a new 10-year contract, retroactive to April 1, that will pay him $3 million a year and keep him at the school until March 31, 2018. Kansas released details of the contract Wednesday. Call it a net effect: Bill Self has signed on for another decade after coaching the Jayhawks to the national championship. "This will take me to 55 if both parties want to continue, which hopefully will happen," Self said in a phone interview with The Associated Press while playing golf at Pine Valley in New Jersey. "I like to think I'll still want to keep coaching when I get to 55. But if we continue to do our job, this will get us close." A year ago, Florida's Billy Donovan won the NCAA championship, turned away a suitor in Kentucky, signed a contract with the Orlando Magic and then rescinded, and ultimately re-upped with the Gators for $3.5 million annually over six years. Whoever wins the title in 2009 may be in for a similar extension, too, if this trend continues. Self's new overall package increases his salary from the current $1,610,600 a year. The contract has a base salary of $229,900, an additional professional services package of $2,270,100 and a retention payment of $500,000 (after taxes) per year, if he fulfills every year of the contract.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3522480
