Following his playing career, Roberts returned to the Seattle area and was an assistant football coach at Interlake High School in Bellevue.
He became the head coach at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland in 2008, and resigned in June 2010 after posting consecutive 1–8 seasons.
[3] In 2011, Roberts returned to his alma mater, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, to become the director of life skills for the Cavaliers football program.
[4][5] In 2015, Roberts moved back to Washington, where he worked at Rainier Scholars, a college enrichment program.
In 2022, Roberts launched a podcast called Big Ray's Garage Grind focusing on mental health and interviewing former Seahawks players on their journeys during their careers and after retirement, with guests including Tyler Lockett, Doug Baldwin, Cliff Avril and K.J.