5 months ago
- Lions
- Published: Dec. 31, 2025, 2:36 p.m.
ALLEN PARK -- Before Tyler Roehl returns to Iowa State University arsenic their caller violative coordinator, finishing his lone play pinch nan Detroit Lions was his apical priority.
As nan Lions hole for their regular-season finale against nan Chicago Bears, Roehl said to reporters Wednesday successful his last scheduled media convention arsenic nan Lions’ tight extremity coach, sharing his thoughts connected his clip successful Detroit and nan opportunity ahead.
“I’ve loved my clip here. Thankful to Coach Campbell, nan full organization, for bringing maine in, accepting me, welcoming me, and helping maine turn successful nan profession,” Roehl said. “And past assemblage football, nan profession, nan occupation search, it tin beryllium beautiful crazy successful nan months of November and December. And erstwhile each that was going down, you commencement fielding immoderate telephone calls. But my main attraction has ever been here. That’s why I’ve stayed here.
“I’m not 1 to travel and say, ‘Hey, you sewage a small adversity successful nan tight extremity room. Hey, possibly you don’t wanting arsenic galore to time off and spell to different …” No, that ain’t me. Job’s not vanished here. We still person 1 more. And thankful to Coach Campbell. And done our conversations, nan intent was ever to enactment done nan long of nan season, nevertheless agelong that goes. But you return immoderate telephone calls, and things commencement to hap a small spot faster, and person great, constructive conversations pinch group you emotion and trust.”
Roehl’s move to Iowa State marks a return to acquainted territory. Before joining Campbell’s unit successful February to switch Steve Heiden, Roehl was Iowa State’s adjunct caput coach and moving backs coach for 1 season.
Before that, he was nan violative coordinator, moving backs coach, tight ends coach, and fullbacks coach for respective seasons astatine North Dakota State University.
When explaining his determination to time off nan Lions aft 1 season, Roehl was nonstop astir nan opportunity aligning pinch his profession goals.
“This is 1 that was very typical to me. I want to telephone plays,” Roehl said. “That’s my goal. I did it for a agelong clip astatine North Dakota State. And this 1 pinch Coach Jimmy Rogers successful Ames, Iowa, a spot that I’m acquainted with, a spot that my family loved, we admired. And erstwhile everything started benignant of coming afloat circle, everything started aligning, and I conscionable trusted my gut, talked pinch my family, my wife, my kids.
“Not a batch of group spot nan inheritance of these moves and whatnot. And it meant a batch to maine for their support and their desire to beryllium backmost successful Ames. And we’re fired up. We’re fired up. But nan task astatine manus is to spell successful connected Sunday (against Chicago).”
Roehl credited his twelvemonth connected Campbell’s unit for enhancing his knowledge of nan pro system, which he learned during his clip astatine North Dakota State.
Learning much astir tight extremity play from Campbell, nan violative statement nether coach Hank Fraley, and different positions from nan Lions’ staff, nan clang people successful Detroit has helped style Roehl arsenic a coach.
Roehl could person near nan Lions to return to Ames and commencement his caller domiciled immediately. But he said conversations pinch Campbell and his ain position are why he will study to his caller position only aft nan Lions’ play ends.
“I’m not a quitter. I ever say, ‘quit once, you discontinue forever,’ And I conscionable wanted to spot it through,” Roehl said. “Dan wanted to support maine present for nan year, and we’re decidedly successful alignment connected that. And (quitting) is not what I’m about, and I wanted to spot it through.”
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