Dan Roushar
Dan Roushar Jr. is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears. He attended Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois].
Playing career
Roushar was primarily a quarterback for the Northern Illinois Huskies football team, where he was particularly known for his scrambling ability. His mobility encouraged the Huskies to slot him at wide receiver on occasion.Coaching career
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. In 1986, he followed offensive coordinator Bill Lynch to Butler to become their new OC and offensive line coach.He later worked in the same position for Michigan State, Ball State, Northern Illinois, and Illinois [Fighting Illini football|Illinois]. He was also offensive line coach at Cincinnati.
On February 16, 2013, the New Orleans Saints hired Roushar as their running backs coach. 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. On January 19, 2023, Roushar was dismissed by the Saints. He contemplated retiring after leaving the Saints, but was recruited by Tulane [Green Wave football|Tulane University] to serve as their team's offensive line coach.
Roushar was officially hired by Tulane on February 9, 2023.
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. The Bears formally named him their offensive line coach on February 3, 2025.