Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig damnitguyscoachisright.com. NS
Answer
damnitguyscoachisright.com. 5 NS ns1.damnitguyscoachisright.com.
damnitguyscoachisright.com. 5 NS ns2.damnitguyscoachisright.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.damnitguyscoachisright.com. 5 A 5.79.92.213
ns2.damnitguyscoachisright.com. 5 A 5.79.92.210
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0