Tyler Roehl enters his first season with the Lions as the tight ends coach in 2025. He most recently spent the 2024 season as Iowa State's assistant head coach/running backs, helping the Cyclones go 11-3 and finish the year ranked No. 15 in the final AP poll.

Prior to his lone season at Iowa State, Roehl spent 11 seasons coaching at North Dakota State, serving as the offensive coordinator/tight ends/fullbacks coach from 2019-23, the tight ends/fullbacks coach from 2014-18 and as an offensive assistant in 2011. During his tenure with the Bison, Roehl helped North Dakota State win seven FCS National Championships and capture eight Missouri Valley Football Conference titles. He coached five FCS All-Americans and 11 players who combined for 15 all-conference honors, and in 2019, he helped QB Trey Lance capture the Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding offensive player in the FCS.

Roehl's other coaching stops include serving as the defensive coordinator/running backs coach at Moorhead (Minn.) High School from 2012-13 and as the running backs coach at Concordia College in 2010. Prior to starting his coaching career, Roehl played running back at North Dakota State from 2004-08 and had a brief tenure with the Seattle Seahawks in 2009.

He and his wife, Mary, have a son, Maxwell, and two daughters, Evelyn and Gabrielle.