Daniel Patrick Enos (born July 1, 1968) is an

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coach and former player who currently the

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and

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at the

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. He was previously the

and quarterbacks coach at the

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. Enos served as head football coach at

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from 2010 to 2014. He was also running backs coach for the

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, where he played as a

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from 1987 to 1990.

Playing career

Enos attended

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. He played

and earned all-state honors while passing for 46 touchdowns and compiling 5,743 yards of total offense. Enos played four years at

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(1987–1990), including two as starting quarterback (1989–1990). Under Enos and then coach

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Michigan State won the

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and 1990 John Hancock Bowl and took a share of the 1990

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championship. Enos has the third-best all-time pass completion percentage in Spartan history (.621) and eighth-best total yards (4,301). In 1991 Enos graduated from Michigan State with a degree in business administration.

Coaching career

Michigan State

After graduation Enos joined the Michigan State football coaching staff as a

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, staying there from 1991 to 1993.

Lakeland

In 1994 Enos joined the coaching staff at Lakeland College, a

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school in

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. As

, Enos helped develop Mark Novara, Lakeland's most successful quarterback. After Novara entered the Lakeland Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008, he credited Enos for much of his success: "That was Coach Enos' first stint on a coaching staff. He was really young, but really good. We knew he'd be in the

some day."

Northern Michigan

After two years at Lakeland, Enos moved on to Division II

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, where he spent a year as offensive coordinator.

Southern Illinois

Enos then spent two years at

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as quarterback and wide-receiver coach.

Missouri State

In 1999, Enos was announced to his first Division I offensive coordinator position at

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in 1999 under then-head coach

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Western Michigan

Enos then moved to be quarterbacks coach at

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for three seasons.

North Dakota State

In 2003, Enos was hired as the offensive coordinator at Division I-FCS

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Cincinnati

He then spent two seasons as quarterbacks coach for

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before returning again to his alma mater of Michigan State, spending four seasons there split between being quarterbacks and running backs coach.

Central Michigan

On January 12, 2010, Enos was introduced as the head coach at

, replacing

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, who left after three seasons to replace Brian Kelly at the

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/ref> Enos's teams struggled in his first two seasons at CMU. Enos produced back-to-back 3-9 seasons in

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. Despite the 6-18 record over two seasons, Enos was rewarded with a one-year contract extension in February 2012, extending his deal through the 2015 season. Despite a 2–1 start in 2012 and an upset victory on the road over the

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, CMU again struggled under Enos, suffering a four-game losing streak after the upset in Iowa City. CMU suffered a 42–31 loss to rival

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which saw CMU get outscored 28-8 in the 4th quarter. The loss was CMU's second straight to Western and CMU's record stood at 3-6. The following Wednesday,

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, published an editorial calling for Enos to be fired. After the Western loss, Enos led CMU to a four-game winning streak and a victory over Western Kentucky in the 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, CMU's first bowl appearance and win since the 2010 GMAC Bowl. The 4-game winning streak gave CMU a record of 7–6, its first winning record since the 2009 season, the last season under Butch Jones and with

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as starting quarterback. Enos was again rewarded with a one-year contract extension and pay raise in January 2013, extending his deal through the 2016 season. On January 22, 2015, he resigned to take the offensive coordinator position at

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Arkansas

After resigning his head coaching position at Central Michigan, Enos spent three seasons from 2015 to 2017 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for

under then-head coach

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. His time as offensive coordinator was highlighted by an 8–5 record and Liberty Bowl win in his first season as offensive coordinator in 2015, the best overall record that Bielema had during his tenure as head coach. Bielema was fired from his position as Arkansas head coach after the 2017 season and new Arkansas head coach

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chose not to retain Enos, instead opting to bring in his own staff. His offense in 2015 averaged 6.83 yards per play and had a completion percentage of .658. During the 2015 and 2016 season, Arkansas was one of two teams that featured a 3,000 yard passer and a 1,300 yard rusher. Both of those seasons included a different Quarterback and different Running Back. Enos also coached Hunter Henry in 2015 who won the John Mackey Award as the nation's best Tight End. In 2016, Arkansas was tied for second for the most offensive players drafted (5).

Michigan

Enos joined the

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staff as an offensive assistant in January 2018. He only stayed for about 6 weeks before leaving.

Alabama

Enos then joined

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for the 2018 season as quarterbacks coach under head coach

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as they finished the season with a perfect 13–0 record and a berth in the Orange Bowl as a part of the

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. Enos was widely credited with Alabama quarterback

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's high completion percentage and passer efficiency rating for the 2018 season.

Miami

After the season Enos left Alabama and was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at

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under head coach Manny Diaz. On December 26, 2019, after a 14–0 shutout loss to Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl, Miami parted ways with Enos.

Maryland

On January 11, 2021, Enos was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the

under head coach

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, replacing

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, who departed to become the running backs coach for the

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. Enos’ first season at Maryland brought a record setting passing offense to College Park. Taulia Tagoviloa threw for 3,860 passing yards and tied the school record with 26 passing touchdowns. He finished the season with a 69.2% completion percentage and seven games throwing for more than 300 yards. The 2021 season was the first bowl game for Maryland since 2016. Maryland traveled to New York to play Virginia Tech and it was another record setting performance for the Maryland offense. The offense set a school record for most points in a bowl game (54) which was also the most by a Power 5 team in the 2021 bowl season.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Maryland profile

Alabama profile

Arkansas profile
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