Bears add to coaching staff

Roushar will serve as offensive line coach for the Bears. Entering his 41^st season in the coaching profession, Roushar spent the last two seasons as the offensive line coach at Tulane University, which followed a 10-year stretch with the New Orleans Saints. Over his coaching tenure, Roushar has held the role of offensive coordinator on five separate occasions, and in his final two seasons with the Saints, he oversaw run game coordination for New Orleans’ offense. Over his five seasons leading the Saints’ offensive line (2016-20), New Orleans claimed NFC South Division titles on four occasions. Roushar spent the last two seasons leading the offensive line unit at Tulane University (2023-24), a two-year span that helped the Green Wave reach the AAC Championship Game each season, totaling 20 wins over the two-year stretch. Prior to Tulane, Roushar spent 10 seasons with the Saints, which included a five-year tenure as offensive line coach and a timeline that featured the responsibilities of running backs coach, tight ends coach and run game coordinator. During his five seasons as offensive line coach, the Saints ranked No. 1 in the NFL in scrimmage yards per game (399.8) with the highest points per game average in the league (29.5). Roushar started with the Saints as running backs coach in 2013, holding that role for two seasons. Before his decade with the Saints, Roushar spent six seasons at Michigan State University (2007-12), the final two as offensive coordinator / tight ends coach. In his final season with the Spartans, Roushar coordinated an offense that featured RB Le’Veon Bell, who would claim the Big Ten Conference’s rushing title with 1,793 yards on the ground, en route to earning All-America honors. Prior to his time in East Lansing, Roushar spent two years as the offensive line coach at the University of Cincinnati (2005-06). Following two seasons as a quarterback at Northern Illinois University (1982-93), Roushar aided the Huskies as a student assistant in 1984, before a seven-year stretch at Butler University (1986-92), capped by a four-season tenure as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Roushar would then hold roles at the University of Rhode Island (1993), Ball State University (1994) and the University of Illinois (1995-96, 2003-04). Between his two stints at Illinois, Roushar returned to his alma mater, Northern Illinois, where he spent six seasons, the final five of which were as offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach.