When Success Becomes Your Identity | Denny Thompson

The Good Dude Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 1h 19m

What happens when the man who trains some of football's best quarterbacks decides he doesn't care about football anymore?

Denny Thompson is an elite quarterback trainer and the co-host of the Built4More podcast with Pastor Joby Martin. On this episode of The Good Dude Podcast, Jordan and Ben talk with Denny about losing everything in 2008, a recruiting fine that ended his head coaching career, and the night at Saturated in 2023 when God broke his pride.

Denny shares how his wife asked for a divorce and was diagnosed with breast cancer the same week, and how that diagnosis ended up saving…