ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions are reportedly losing first-year tight ends coach Tyler Roehl to a position at Iowa State, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Roehl served as Iowa State’s assistant head coach and running backs coach for the 2024 season. He spent his final four years at North Dakota State as the team’s offensive coordinator before joining the Cyclones for the first time in 2024. Then, he joined Dan Campbell’s new-look staff with the Lions in February earlier this year. Now, he is expected to take over as offensive coordinator under new Iowa State head coach Jimmy Rogers for another run in Ames.

Rogers was at South Dakota State from 2013 to 2024 before taking the head-coaching position at Washington State for one year. Roehl played his college ball at North Dakota State, then spent a year with the Seattle Seahawks in 2009. The new Iowa State head coach was at South Dakota State, competing against Roehl while he was coaching at North Dakota State from 2014 to 2023.

Roehl has had to deal with a banged-up tight end room in his lone season with the Lions. Top tight ends Brock Wright (neck) and Sam LaPorta (back surgery) are currently on injured reserve. And after waiving Ross Dwelley on Tuesday, the Lions have only Anthony Firkser and Hayden Rucci on their 53-man roster.

The report indicates Roehl remains with the Lions as they prepare to face the Los Angeles Rams this weekend. Iowa State declined a bowl bid after its coaching shakeup, so it is possible he could stick in Detroit to finish the final four regular-season games.

Dan Campbell previously spoke about interviewing Roehl in 2023 after the pair initially met at North Dakota State ahead of the NFL draft in 2021. The Lions coach loved Roehl’s intensity and attention to detail, which kept him on his radar, leading to his first coaching opportunity at the next level.

Roehl replaced the outgoing Steve Heiden, who followed Aaron Glenn to take the offensive line coach job with the New York Jets last offseason. Campbell noted the edge that Roehl brought to the staff, and how he loved that he was different than everyone else.

“He just brings a certain attitude and urgency really to the position that I think is good for those guys,” Campbell previously said of Roehl. “He’s involved in a number of things that we’re doing offensively. Run game protections, certainly the pass game — when you’re coaching that position, you have to know all of it. He’s a good asset, and he’s – I bring this up all the time — he’s different than the rest of those guys (coaches) … and that’s a good thing.

“He just brings a little bit different type of personality to us, which is good.”