Roach's began his coaching career at
University of Alabama in
2008 under
Nick Saban as the Crimson Tide's assistant strength and conditioning coach. He stayed in that position until
2010 winning a national championship in
2009.
Murray State
For the
2012 season, worked as the defensive line coach for Murray State.[4]
South Alabama
For the
2013 and
2014 seasons Roach worked under
Joey Jones as the defensive ends and outside linebackers coach at South Alabama.[5][6]
Alabama (second stint)
Roach once again returned to Alabama in
2015 this time working as the team's director of player development. He stayed in that position through
2016, winning another national championship.
Ole Miss
Roach was recruited to be the defensive line coach for Ole Miss by head coach
Hugh Freeze in
2017.[7] He was there for
Matt Luke's entire tenure which ended after the
2019 season.[8]
Alabama (third stint)
After rumors of him going to the
NFL to join
Joe Judge's inaugural staff with the
Giants.[9] In
2020 Roach returned to Alabama's coaching staff for a third time,[10][11] this time as the team's defensive line coach[12] replacing
Brian Baker.[13] There he won another national championship in 2020.[14][15]
On February 14, 2024, Roach was promoted to associate head coach by new head coach
Kalen DeBoer.[16]