Dylan Thompson - Detroit Lions Character Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 526
Dylan Thompson is entering his third season with the Detroit Lions as the team's character coach. In his current role, Thompson is responsible for a variety of programs within team development, where he assists athletes with their transition into the NFL, as well as providing off-the-field support both during and following their careers.
Thompson played college football at the University of South Carolina under coach Steve Spurrier. In his senior season, he threw for 3,564 yards with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in leading the Gamecocks to an Independence Bowl victory over the Miami Hurricanes.
On this podcast, we talk to Dylan about faith, football, his role with the Lions, playing for Steve Spurrier in college and the importance of mentors in our lives.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.2 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. I am Jason Romano. My email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. Jason at Sportspectrum.com. I'd love to hear from you. Any guest ideas you might have or any thoughts on today's interview with Dylan Thompson from the Detroit Lions. Before we get to our conversation with Dylan, want to tell you a little |
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| 1:19.8 | about sponsoring a child today. Really excited to welcome Dylan Thompson to Sports Spectrum today. |
| 1:27.2 | Dylan is the Detroit Lions character coach, and he'll explain exactly what a character |
| 1:32.8 | coach means and what that title means when he joins us today on the show. |
| 1:37.8 | He was a college football quarterback with South Carolina, actually recruited and |
| 1:42.4 | played for Steve Spurrier at South Carolina and had a |
| 1:46.2 | good career there, earned a scholarship offer in both basketball and football coming out of high school |
| 1:52.1 | at Boiling Springs, South Carolina, played his college ball at South Carolina, and then |
| 1:57.5 | when he was done, he went undrafted in 2015 and spent some time with camps of San Francisco with the 49ers in 2015 and in 2016 and 17 with the Rams. |
| 2:09.2 | And that NFL career came to an end. |
| 2:12.4 | But yet his work within the NFL world was just beginning because he went from playing pro football to |
| 2:20.7 | working with pro football players as the character coach now with the Detroit Lions. |
| 2:26.2 | He's got a really good story. |
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