Dan Roushar

After graduating, Roushar became was a recruiting assistant under new NIU head coach Lee Corso before being assigned to coach tight ends during the season.^[5][6] In 1986, he followed offensive coordinator Bill Lynch to Butler to become their new OC and offensive line coach.^[5]

He later worked in the same position for Michigan State, Ball State, Northern Illinois, and Illinois. He was also offensive line coach at Cincinnati.^[7]

On February 16, 2013, the New Orleans Saints hired Roushar as their running backs coach.^[8] He served in a variety of roles over a decade with the team, performing duties as running backs coach, tight ends coach, offense line coach, and run game coordinator.^[9] On January 19, 2023, Roushar was dismissed by the Saints.^[10] He contemplated retiring after leaving the Saints, but was recruited by Tulane University to serve as their team's offensive line coach.^[5]

Roushar was officially hired by Tulane on February 9, 2023.^[11]

After the 2024 season, he intended to retire for good but was convinced to remain in coaching by new Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson.^[5] The Bears formally named him their offensive line coach on February 3, 2025.^[12]

His father Dan Roushar Sr. was a social studies teacher at Clinton High School who also coached the basketball and sophomore football teams.^[13][14]

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