TicketsDan Enos started his second stint at Cincinnati in 2020, as the associate head coach and running backs coach.
Enos has been a play-caller for over a decade, was head coach at Central Michigan for five seasons and boasts more than two decades of experience coaching skill position players. He was on the coaching staff at UC mentoring the quarterbacks from 2004-05.
He coached current UC quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli in 2004, helping the Bearcats hall of famer close a storied career as the school’s all-time leading passer with 11,453 career yards, including 2,633 yards and 26 TDs in 2004.
The nearly 30-year veteran of the coaching ranks spent the 2019 season at Miami (FL), serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Prior to his year with the Hurricanes, Enos was the associate head coach/quarterbacks at Alabama, winners of 14 games the Southeastern Conference and Orange Bowl titles while advancing to the College Football Playoff national championship game.
Under Enos’ tutelage, Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa posted one of the best seasons by a quarterback in college football history. Tagovailoa completed 69 percent of his passes, throwing for 3,966 yards with 43 TDs and just six interceptions -- setting an all- time FBS single-season passer rating mark (199.44). The Crimson Tide also ranked sixth in the country in total offense, sixth in passing offense and third in scoring offense.
Enos, who served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas from 2015-17, arrived in Tuscaloosa after a short stint at the University of Michigan as an offensive assistant coach in January of 2018.
During his three years at Arkansas, Enos oversaw a balanced pro-style offense which produced some of the most impressive seasons in Razorbacks history. Arkansas was one of two FBS programs with a 3,000-yard passer and 1,300-yard rusher in both 2015 and 2016, featuring a different quarterback and different running back carrying the load in each season.
Enos had five offensive players selected in the 2016 NFL Draft, tied for the second-most nationally.
Prior to his time at Arkansas, Enos spent five seasons as the head coach at Central Michigan (2010-14), leading the Chippewas to two bowl games and bowl eligibility in three of his five seasons at the helm. He posted a 26-36 record at CMU and coached 23 All-Mid-American Conference players while his offenses passed for more than 3,000 yards four times. Central Michigan’s win over Western Kentucky in the 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was just the third bowl win in program history.
In each of his final two seasons at CMU, Enos helped the Chippewas rank in the top half of the MAC in passing efficiency, third down conversion percentage and time of possession.
Before being hired at Central Michigan, Enos spent four seasons at Michigan State as an assistant coach. He coached quarterbacks in 2006 and running backs from 2007-09. He tutored three NFL running backs in East Lansing – Javon Ringer, Edwin Baker and Jehuu Caulcrick. He was named one of Rivals.com’s Top 25 recruiters nationally in 2009. In 2006, he mentored Drew Stanton who threw for 2,252 yards and 17 touchdowns and would go on to be a second-round NFL Draft pick by the Detroit Lions in 2008.
He also worked at North Dakota State (OC/QBs, 2003), Western Michigan (QB, 2000-02), Missouri State (OC/QBs, 1999), Southern Illinois (QB/WR, 1997-98), Northern Michigan (OC/Off. Backs, 1996) and Lakeland College (OC/QB/WR, 1994-95). He served as a graduate assistant on Michigan State’s staff from 1991 to 1993.
A standout quarterback at Michigan State from 1987-90, Enos started two seasons and earned a 16-7-1 record (.688) as a starter, leading the Spartans to two bowl victories. He still ranks among the best in school history with 3,837 passing yards and 297 completions. His .621 completion percentage ranks fourth-best in Spartan history.
Enos graduated from Michigan State with a degree in business administration in 1991 and earned his master’s in sports administration in 2006.
The Dearborn, Mich., native and his wife Jane, have two children, Lia and Alex.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: July 1, 1968
Hometown: Dearborn, Mich.
Wife: Jane
Children: Lia, Alex
Education: Michigan State (1991, B.S.; 2006, M.A.)
Year in Coaching: 29th
PLAYING CAREER
1987-90: Michigan State (Quarterback)
COACHING CAREER
1991-93: Michigan State - Graduate Assistant
1994-95: Lakeland College - OC/QB/WR
1996: Northern Michigan - OC/RB
1997-98: Southern Illinois - QB/WR
1999: Missouri State - OC/QB
2000-02: Western Michigan - Quarterbacks
2003: North Dakota State - OC/QB
2004-05: Cincinnati - Quarterbacks
2006: Michigan State - Quarterbacks
2007-09: Michigan State - Running Backs
2010-14: Central Michigan - Head Coach
2015-17: Arkansas - OC/QB
2018: Alabama - Assistant HC/QB
2019: Miami (FL) - OC/QB
2020-: Cincinnati - Associate HC/RB
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE - PLAYER
1987: Michigan State - Rose
1988: Michigan State - Gator
1989: Michigan State - Aloha
1990: Michigan State - John Hancock
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE - COACH
1993: Michigan State - Liberty
2004: Cincinnati - Fort Worth
2007: Michigan State - Champs Sports
2008: Michigan State - Capital One
2009: Michigan State - Alamo
2012: Central Michigan - Little Caesars Pizza
2014: Central Michigan - Bahamas
2015: Arkansas - Liberty
2016: Arkansas - Belk
2018: Alabama - Orange (CFP)
2018: Alabama - CFP National Championship
2019: Miami (FL) - Independence