Here’s a small but telling Coach K story from David Thompson of the Fayetteville Observer, recounting how a Starbucks barista near Duke told him that Coach K frequents his shop but at first, he wasn't sure it was him.
So he asked what he did at Duke.
“I teach basketball.”
Great answer.
And you have to think that when you’re on TV all the time, when you’re locally and internationally famous, or infamous depending on the shade of blue you prefer (Coach K said once that other than basketball, he has never been to Chapel Hill, not once.