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Central Michigan Life
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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DAN ENOS NAMED CMU’S 29TH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
EHS dean search suspended; others wait for president By Sarah Schuch Senior Reporter
photos by Jake May/staff photographer
Football coach Dan Enos smiles as he chats with athletics officials before a press conference Tuesday at the Indoor Athletics Complex where he was announced as head coach. His base salary will be $250,000. “Championships consistently, bowl games yearly. My vision will be and will remain as long as I am head football coach here that I want to be mentioned in the same breath and be synonymous with the Boise States and the TCUs.”
Moving a vision forward Football’s new leader asks, ‘What about Central Michigan?’ By Andrew Stover | Sports Editor
Enos, who signed a five-year contract worth $250,000 per year in base salary and includes a $75,000 bonus for public appearances, television and radio, said he is not looking for CMU to remain status quo. Instead, he is looking to put the program on the map. “My vision will be — and will remain as long as I am head football coach here — that I want us to be mentioned in the same breath and be synonymous with the Boise States and the TCUs and the Utahs of the world,” he said. “And be the class of the MAC and be 12-0 going into the MAC Championship game and having people say, ‘What about them? What
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Coaching career: 2000-2002: Western Michigan - Quarterbacks coach 2003: North Dakota State - Offensive coordinator/ Quarterbacks coach 2004-2005: Cincinnati - Quarterbacks coach 2006: Michigan State - Quarterbacks coach 2007-2009: Michigan State - Running backs coach (Five positions held prior to 2000)
cm-life.com See the Web site for a video excerpt from Tuesday’s conference. about CMU? What about Central Michigan?’ That’s our vision. That’s our goal.” After arguably the best season in the history of CMU football, in which the team went 12-2 and ranked No. 23 in the country, life after Butch Jones is taking shape. Enos, 41, spent the last four years on Michigan State’s staff, the last three as a running backs coach. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant for former MSU coach George Perles in 1991. After working for Dantonio in Cincinnati, he rejoined him on MSU’s staff for the last three of four years he was there. There, he polished a resume that included 10 different coaching stops — including the offensive coordinator position at Lakeland College, Northern Michigan, Missouri State and North Dakota State — and also a playing career at Michigan State, where he played quarterback from 1987-90. Athletic Director Dave Heeke said he identified traits in Enos that will allow CMU to move past its current position in college football. A Enos | 7A
By David Veselenak Online Editor
Football coach Dan Enos, center, laughs as his nephew Sean Enos and his daughter Lia tickle him while he posed for a portrait Tuesday at the Indoor Athletic Complex after he was announced as the next head football coach. “I’m very proud of him,” said Lia Enos, 8.
“I want us to be mentioned in the same breath and be synonymous with the Boise States and the TCUs and the Utahs of the world.” Dan Enos, CMU football coach
New coach has strong Michigan background By Daniel Monson Senior Reporter
Dan Enos has been a student, quarterback and coach at Michigan State University. But he always had a hidden respect for another school about 70 miles north. It was in Mount Pleasant that Enos, Central Michigan’s 29th head football coach, attended his first game. The Dearborn native toured the locker room at Perry Shorts Stadium, even meeting hall-of-fame coach Herb Deromedi as a youngster during a trip to see a CMU game. “Coach Deromedi probably doesn’t remember, but I was totally in awe,” Enos said.
Enos was introduced Tuesday as the replacement for Butch Jones, who left for the University of Cincinnati on Dec. 16 after going 27-13 in three seasons at CMU. Now, Enos said he is looking forward to facing his alma mater and former boss Mark Dantonio when CMU plays the Spartans four times in the next nine seasons. The Chippewas travel to East Lansing in 2011 and MSU repays the visit the following season in Mount Pleasant. “I’d like to play them. I shouldn’t say that maybe — they’re going to be putting us on their highlight film,” Enos
Three faculty members are finalists in the search for a new Honors Program director. Brad Swanson, associate professor of biology, Phame Camarena, chairman of the Human Environmental Studies department, and Mark Francek, professor of geography, were named Monday. Each will have a forum for Honors students to attend and ask questions. Swanson’s forum is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. today in Powers Hall Room 136, Camarena’s is slated for 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Larzelere Hall Alumni Room and Francek’s is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Friday, also in the Alumni Room.
[inside] COMBAT SPORT A wine and sushi bar proposed for Mount Pleasant won’t be opening this month as planned, 3A BUSINESS STARTUPS The tough economy has the number of new business startups countywide on a steady decline, 3A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Coach Sue Guevara’s extra practice time pays off for her team in win vs. Ball State, 4A
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Other searches The search for the dean of the College of Business Administration is under way. The position has only been advertised, but Tom Moore, dean of libraries and chairman of the search committee, hopes to have someone hired in April and taking the position in July. “We’re in that period in which the committee is not meeting right now,” Moore said. “We’re not there yet. We’re hoping people are applying.” No deadlines for applications are set at this time. The College of Communications and Fine Arts associate dean search also has begun. Al Wildey, current interim
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Honors director finalists named Three faculty members will speak this week in forums
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ew CMU football coach Dan Enos’ voice slightly cracked as he gave heartfelt praise to his former boss and Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio. But as the glimpse from the past eluded him, a vision for the future took shape for all to hear at his introductory press conference Tuesday at the Indoor Athletic Complex.
The College of Education and Human Services dean search is suspended until late summer or early fall. With many other universities across the country also seeking a dean for colleges of education, it makes the process more difficult, said Steve Smith, director of Public Relations. “It has diluted the pool significantly,” he said. “We want to let that blow over a bit.” The advertisement for the open dean position was placed in mid-October and the search committee held its initial meeting Sept. 16. The committee had only gone through the application process, so there was a minimal amount of money spent so far, Smith said. An e-mail was sent out to the Central Michigan University community Monday morning saying the search would
be suspended. Kathy Koch will continue as interim dean and Ray Francis will remain in his position as interim associate dean.
“All three have a lot of history in the Honors Program,” said Judy Idema, the Honors Program associate director. “That really sets them apart from other faculty.” Idema said the three will go through day-long interviews with several different groups, including the Honors Council, the search committee staff and with Claudia Douglass, interim vice provost of academic affairs. James Hill, the current director, made the decision to step down in November. He will return to teaching political science in August. Camarena said the Honors Program is doing well. He would like to advance it with the assistance of other members working with the program. “We have a strong program already,” he said. “I really do think everyone sees the potential of the program.”
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