Dan Enos
Dan Enos went 26–36 as a head coach, 2010–2014, at Central Michigan. Share
- Record
- 26–36 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2012 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Central Michigan | 3–9 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 2011 | Central Michigan | 3–9 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2012 | Central Michigan | 7–6 | 4th (West) | Little Caesars Bowl W | ||
| 2013 | Central Michigan | 6–6 | T–3rd (West) | |||
| 2014 | Central Michigan | 7–6 | 4th (West) | Bahamas Bowl L |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Conference games | 40 | 18–22 | 45% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 12–10 | 55% |
| At home | 28 | 13–15 | 46% |
| On the road | 32 | 12–20 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 26 | 17–9 | 65% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 9–27 | 25% |
His own 62 games on file, 2010–2014, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Lembo 2011–2014 | 0–4 | Ball State | 4 | |
| Ron English 2010–2012 | 2–1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | |
| Frank Solich 2011–2014 | 2–1 | Ohio | 3 | |
| Bill Cubit 2010–2012 | 1–2 | Western Michigan | 3 | |
| Dave Doeren 2011–2013 | 1–2 | Northern Illinois, NC State | 3 | |
| Matt Campbell 2012–2014 | 0–3 | Toledo | 3 |
Dan Enos’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Michiganseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Western Michiganseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Ball Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Toledoseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Miami (OH)series | 4 | 3–1 |
| Ohioseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Massachusettsseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Other roles
- Team MVP, Michigan State 1990
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–93 | Michigan State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1994–95 | Lakeland | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1996 | Northern Michigan | Offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 1997–98 | Southern Illinois | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1999 | Missouri State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2000–02 | Western Michigan | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2003 | North Dakota State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2004–05 | Cincinnati | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2006 | Michigan State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2007–09 | Michigan State | Running backs coach | |
| 2010–14 | Central Michigan | Head coach | |
| 2015–17 | Arkansas | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018 | Michigan | Offensive assistant | |
| 2018 | Alabama | Assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019 | Miami (FL) | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2021–22 | Maryland | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023 | Arkansas | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2024 | Florida | Offensive assistant | |
| 2025–present | Wake Forest | Quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George PerlesMichigan State
- Jan QuarlessSouthern Illinois
- Randy BallMissouri State
- Gary DarnellWestern Michigan
- Craig BohlNorth Dakota State
- Mark DantonioCincinnati, Michigan State
- John SmithMichigan State
- Bret BielemaArkansas
- Jim HarbaughMichigan
- Nick SabanAlabama
- Manny DiazMiami
- Luke FickellCincinnati
- and 4 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- Morris WattsMichigan State
- Sherrone MooreMichigan
Worked under (16)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Perles | Michigan State | 1991–93 | Graduate assistant | |
| Jan Quarless | Southern Illinois | 1997–98 | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Randy Ball | Missouri State | 1999 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Gary Darnell | Western Michigan | 2000–02 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 2003 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mark Dantonio | Cincinnati | 2004–05 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| John Smith | Michigan State | 2006 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Mark Dantonio | Michigan State | 2007–09 | Running backs coach | |
| Bret Bielema | Arkansas | 2015–17 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Michigan | 2018 | Offensive assistant | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2018 | Assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | |
| Manny Diaz | Miami | 2019 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Cincinnati | 2020 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Mike Locksley | Maryland | 2021–22 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Sam Pittman | Arkansas | 2023 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Billy Napier | Florida | 2024 | Offensive assistant | |
| Jake Dickert | Wake Forest | 2025–26 | Quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Watts | Central Michigan, 2011–13: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2014: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Michigan State | |
| Sherrone Moore | Central Michigan, 2014: tight ends coach | Michigan |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Gino Guidugli | Central Michigan, 2010–12: graduate assistant; 2013–14: running backs coach | |
| Jay Johnson | Central Michigan, 2010: quarterbacks coach | |
| Joe Tumpkin | Central Michigan, 2010–14: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Cummings | Central Michigan, 2010–13: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arkansas | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $266,667 | $800,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Arkansas | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $233,333 | $727,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Arkansas | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $183,333 | $550,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Central Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $305,000 | $360,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Enos’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 32% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 53% of plays and took 24.4 seconds a play, 2010–2014.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 11 g | 26 of 94 28% | 48% | 58% | 22.7 | −0.05 | |
| 2011 12 g | 16 of 95 17% | 27% | 60% | 24.0 | −0.04 | |
| 2012 12 g | 16 of 86 19% | 33% | 51% | 22.9 | +0.01 | |
| 2013 12 g | 9 of 79 11% | 21% | 49% | 23.0 | +0.01 | |
| 2014 13 g | 16 of 83 19% | 25% | 46% | 28.9 | +0.04 | |
| All 60 g | 83 of 437 19% | 32% | 53% | 24.4 | 0.00 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.