#151 - Dillon Thieneman on Preparation, Pressure, and Playing Free in the NFL

#151 - Dillon Thieneman on Preparation, Pressure, and Playing Free in the NFL

June 9, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 151

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Dillon Thieneman discusses the mental aspects of elite performance and preparation in sports.

Dillon Thieneman’s path from Westfield High School to Purdue, Oregon, and now the NFL was built on more than talent. In this episode of The Coaching Minds Podcast, Ben Carnes sits down with Dillon to talk about the mental side of elite performance: growing up in a competitive household, learning from his brothers’ walk-on mentality, handling recruiting noise, preparing with detail, bouncing back from mistakes, and using visualization to “play the game before the game.” Dillon shares how prepa...

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