Tyler Roehl - Football Coach - Iowa State University Athletics

Tyler Roehl

Title:
Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs
Email:
troehl@iastate.edu
Phone:
515-294-6721

Tyler Roehl spent the 2024 season on the Iowa State coaching staff as assistant head coach and running backs coach.

In his lone season with the Cyclones, Roehl helped the team improve from 13 rushing TDs in 2023 to 27 rushing touchdowns in 2024. The Cyclones rushed for 2,247 yards, a 688 yard improvement from the season before. It's 4.4 yards per carry average was the school's best since 2021.

Individually, Carson Hansen had 13 rushing touchdowns, becoming ISU's first non-QB outside NFL stars David Montgomery and Breece Hall to rush for 10 touchdowns in a season since 2005. Five different Cyclone running backs had touchdowns in 2024.

Iowa State finished the season with an 11-3 record, posting the first season with double-digit victories in program history. ISU reached the Big 12 Championship game and won the Pop-Tarts Bowl with a win against No. 15 Miami.

Offensively, Iowa State averaged 31.1 points per game, the fifth-best mark in program history, while its 416.2 total yards was the eight-best per game average.

Roehl joined the Cyclones in 2024 after being named Tennessee State associate head coach and offensive coordinator in January following a successful tenure at North Dakota State.

A native of West Fargo, North Dakota, Roehl won seven FCS national titles and eight Missouri Valley Football Conference titles with the Bison.

In total, Roehl spent 11 years at NDSU, including the last five as offensive coordinator. During his time as play caller for the Bison, NDSU reached the FCS National Championship game three times, winning titles in 2019 and 2021. While leading the offense, Roehl also coached the tight ends and fullbacks.

As coordinator in 2023, NDSU had one of the most prolific offenses in FCS. The Bison led the nation in rushing yards (3,560), rushing touchdowns (47) and overall touchdowns (74). In his five seasons leading the offense, NDSU ranked among the top five nationally in rushing offense four times and paced the nation in rushing touchdowns in three straight seasons.

Roehl coached five FCS All-Americans and 11 players who combined for 15 all-conference honors.

In his first season as offensive coordinator in 2019, the Bison scored 38 of their 80 total touchdowns on plays of 20 or more yards, including 15 touchdowns of 50-plus yards. Quarterback Trey Lance won the Walter Payton Award that season as NDSU was among the nation’s leaders in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense.

Roehl was named to the 2020 class of the American Football Coaches Association’s 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute.

Roehl was a standout player for NDSU, rushing for 2,512 yards and being named a two-time CSC Academic All-American. He signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2009 as an undrafted free agent.

He was a Sports Network and Associated Press second team FCS All-American in 2007, rushing for 1,431 yards and 21 touchdowns. He ran for a school-record 263 yards in a win over Minnesota and led the Great West Football Conference in rushing, scoring and all-purpose yards.

Roehl graduated from NDSU in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and earned a master’s degree in health, nutrition and exercise science in 2014.

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

Coaching Experience
2024 - Iowa State – Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs
2024 – Tennessee State – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator (did not coach any games)
2019-23 – North Dakota State – Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends/Fullbacks
2014-18 – North Dakota State – Tight Ends/Fullbacks
2012-13 – Moorhead High School – Defensive Coordinator/Running Backs
2011 – North Dakota State – Offensive Graduate Assistant
2010 – Concordia (Minn.) – Running Backs