Somehow, after decades of coaching basketball at the highest level in a pressure-packed job, Mike Krzyzewski still has the same pitch-black hair he had when he played for Army back in the late 1960s.
And while some coaches are known to dye their hair to avoid their age being called into question (hello, Nick Saban!), Coach K stands firm in saying he has never dyed his hair.
“No, I don’t color my hair,” Krzyzewski said on ESPN on Monday. “I’m 79. A lot of people accuse me of that. I don’t have much hair to color, either.”
It is quite amazing that, after all those years of long hours, stress, recruiting trips, and raising a family, Krzyzewski’s hair hasn’t gotten even a bit gray or white. Call it whatever you want, good genes or pure luck, but most men would die (pun intended) to have that hair color at Coach K’s age.
This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Coach K denies dyeing his hair to keep it pitch black
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