Just hours after (officially) losing out to Michigan State running backs coach Dan Enos for the Central Michigan head coaching job, former CMU offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian landed with his former boss, Butch Jones, as the OC for Cincinnati.

Jones had previously pinched Tim Banks (co-defensive coordinator), Steve Stripling (defensive line), Phil Zacharias (tight ends/special teams), Mark Elder (running backs/recruiting coordinator), Dave Lawson (strength and conditioning) and Don Mahoney (offensive line) from his old Central Michigan staff.

UPDATE: The third finalist, Illinois defensive backs coach Curt Mallory, didn't take long to find another job, either. Mallory landed the job as Akron's defensive coordinator later on Tuesday. A former linebacker at Michigan, Mallory had spent the last five seasons as an assistant for the Illini, the last three as co-defensive coordinator with Dan Disch. Illinois hired Vic Koenning to be its new defensive coordinator last month. Mallory was one of six assistants to leave the program after a 3-9 season. Four of those were fired.

After a weekend of interviews, it appears Central Michigan University has settled on a new head coach: Dan Enos.

A source close to the situation told The Morning Sun's Drew Ellis that CMU AD Dave Heeke picked Enos, currently the running backs coach at Michigan State, over Illinois DBs coach Curt Mallory and current CMU offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian, and will formally announce the hiring at a news conference today.

Check out Ellis' blog here.

A former Spartan quarterback (1987-90), Enos led the Spartans to back-to-back bowl victories (1989 Aloha, 1990 John Hancock), and a share of the 1990 Big Ten title — Michigan State's last championship. As a coach, the ace recruiter has helped MSU win the in-state recruiting battle with U-M the last few years.

Like the last three U-M coaches — Mike DeBord, Brian Kelly and the recently-departed Butch Jones — Enos' specialty is offense, but he's been more associated with a pro-style offense than the spread that CMU has used to win three of the last four Mid-American Conference titles.