You Can’t Outrun What You Won’t Face - Liam Coen, Pastor Joby Martin & Denny Thompson

You Can’t Outrun What You Won’t Face - Liam Coen, Pastor Joby Martin & Denny Thompson

From Built 4 More by Denny Thompson and Joby Martin

July 28, 2026 · 1h 7m · Season 1 · Episode 69

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Liam Coen shares his journey through grief and mental health while discussing authenticity and coaching in the NFL.

Pastor Joby Martin and Denny Thompson sit down with Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen on this week's episode of Built 4 More. Liam was a four-year starting quarterback at UMass where he still holds multiple school passing records. He spent nearly a decade grinding through small Northeast programs Brown, Rhode Island, and Maine, writing handwritten letters and knocking on every NFL door he could find, until one relationship finally got him in with Sean McVay and the Rams. A few years later he's the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and in year one he took a franchise that had been going nowhere and led it to 13 wins and a division championship. But long before any of that, Liam walked through the hardest thing of his life. He opens up about losing his mother, Beth after a four year battle with Lyme disease while he was in college and his dad was in the hospital. He talks honestly about burying that grief for a decade, the way it eventually crept up and started to eat at him, the mental health toll of pretending he was fine, and how a real relationship with Jesus finally brought him grace, forgiveness, and healing. Joby, Denny, and Liam talk about authenticity and why…

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Hosts: Joby Martin, Denny Thompson

Guest: Liam Coen

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Organizations: Jacksonville Jaguars, UMass, Brown, Rhode Island, Maine, Sean McVay, Rams

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