Jim Harbaugh once ate cereal with Gatorade instead of milk

Jim Harbaugh is known to be an eccentric guy and there are plenty of stories to back that up. So now that Jay Harbaugh, Jim’s 25-year-old son, joined the staff at Michigan as its tight ends coach, he provided another classic Harbaugh tale in a video interview with Michigan’s athletics website.

He was asked to share a story about his dad that others wouldn’t know. He offered this gem:

“This one time when I was a kid, we didn’t have any milk for cereal and I saw him put Gatorade in his cereal instead of milk,” he said with a smirk. “It was the weirdest thing I ever saw. I didn’t try it – for good reason. That’s not where Gatorade goes.”

Jay said that, in a weird way, the Gatorade story is an example of his dad just being who he is.

“That kind of says a little bit about him, he just gets the job done. He doesn’t really care what it takes. He’s not picky,” Jay said.

Never change, coach. Never change.

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