HawgBeat – Arkansas officially hires Dan Enos as new offensive coordinator

Arkansas’ latest offensive coordinator is a well-recognized identify for Hog followers, as Dan Enos was formally introduced as the brand new play caller for the Razorbacks on Thursday.

Enos will crew up with Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman for the second time in Fayetteville, because the pair coached collectively for the Hogs in the course of the 2015 season underneath then-head coach Bret Bielema with Pittman because the offensive line coach and Enos because the offensive coordinator.

The announcement comes a day after former Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles reportedly accepted the identical place at TCU, however that information will not be official but. After Briles’ saga with doubtlessly leaving for Mississippi State earlier within the month, it appears as if Pittman had an alternative choice in Enos able to go.

Enos served because the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Arkansas from 2015-17 and he did the identical at Maryland for the previous two seasons. Since his time at Arkansas, Enos has made stops at Alabama (Assistant HC/QB, 2018), Miami (OC/QB, 2019), Cincinnati (Affiliate HC/RB, 2020) and Maryland (2021-present).

In 2022, the Maryland offense ranked fifty fifth nationally in complete offense, 67th in scoring offense, fortieth in passing offense and 82nd in speeding offense. One key stat is that Maryland’s pink zone offense ranked No. 21 within the nation, because the Terrapins scored on 89.6% of their pink zone possessions.

Enos helped develop Taulia Tagovailoa throughout his time at Maryland, and Tagovailoa set seven single-season Maryland information in 2021, together with program-high marks for passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion proportion (69.2) and passing touchdowns (26 – ties faculty file). Maryland’s 2021 offense additionally set quite a lot of faculty information, together with complete yards (5,740), passing yards (3,960), completions (339) and completion proportion (69.3%).

Within the 2020 season, Enos served because the Cincinnati Bearcats’ affiliate head coach and operating backs coach. They went 9-1 in the course of the pandemic-shortened season, profitable the American Athletic Convention. Cincinnati’s offense ranked prime 25 nationally in practically each offensive class, together with speeding offense (212.4 yards/sport) and factors per sport (37.5).

In 2018, Enos coached present Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, brother of Taulia, at Alabama. Tua accomplished 69 % of his passes for 3,966 yards and 43 TDs, whereas setting an all-time FBS single-season passer score mark (199.44) in 2018.

Throughout his time at Arkansas, the Hogs have been certainly one of two FBS applications with a 3,000-yard passer and 1,300-yard rusher in each 2015 and 2016, that includes a special quarterback and completely different operating again carrying the load in every season.

Enos’ 2015 offense ranks third in program historical past in complete yards in a season (6,051), and his 2016 offense ranks eighth (5,569). The 2015 group — the 12 months by which Enos and Pittman overlapped — ranked No. 1 within the nation with an 88.4 effectivity score, in line with ESPN’s Faculty Soccer Energy Index.

Enos and Pittman overlapped in Fayetteville in the course of the 2015 season earlier than Pittman moved to be the offensive line coach at Georgia in 2016. That season, Arkansas’ offense ranked No. 1 within the nation with an 88.4 effectivity score, in line with ESPN’s Faculty Soccer Energy Index. That offense additionally set the college file for touchdowns with 62, averaging 35.9 factors per sport (sixth all-time at Arkansas) whereas speeding for two,565 yards and passing for 3,486 yards.

In the course of the 2015 season, Brandon Allen was first within the SEC in passing yards per try (9.3) and passing effectivity. Allen set three faculty information, together with the profession mark for landing passes with 64 and the single-game file for landing passes in a sport with seven towards Mississippi State.

Earlier than coming to Arkansas in 2015, Enos was the pinnacle coach at Central Michigan for 5 seasons. In every of his closing two seasons at CMU, Enos helped the Chippewas rank within the prime half of the MAC in passing effectivity, third down conversion proportion and time of possession.

Enos, who’s 54-years-old, shall be Arkansas’ fourth new assistant coach, becoming a member of co-defensive coordinators Travis Williams and Marcus Woodson and new tight ends coach Morgan Turner. Arkansas additionally nonetheless has a defensive assistant coach place to fill within the wake of former cornerbacks coach Dominique Bowman transferring on.

1991-93: Michigan State – Graduate Assistant

1994-95: Lakeland Faculty – 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 – Operating Backs

2010-14: Central Michigan – Head Coach

2015-17: Arkansas – OC/QB

2018: Alabama – Assistant HC/QB

2019: Miami (FL) – OC/QB

2020: Cincinnati – Affiliate HC/RB

2021-: Maryland – OC/QB