| Dan Pifer | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Cornell (IA) |
| Current Record: | 13–17 |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Celina, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | California University of Pennsylvania (1995) |
| Player Years1: | 1990–1995 |
| Player Team1: | California (PA) |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1996 |
| Coach Team1: | Saint Joseph's (IN) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team2: | Saint Francis (IN) (OC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team3: | Hillsdale (QB/WR/DL) |
| Coach Years4: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team4: | Bellmont HS (IN) (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2005 |
| Coach Team5: | Fort Wayne Freedom (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2006 |
| Coach Team6: | Fort Wayne Freedom |
| Coach Years7: | 2006–2011 |
| Coach Team7: | Tri–State / Trine (OC/RC/STC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2012–2016 |
| Coach Team8: | Olivet |
| Coach Years9: | 2017 |
| Coach Team9: | Walsh |
| Coach Years10: | 2018 |
| Coach Team10: | Bowling Green (RC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2019 |
| Coach Team11: | Saline HS (MI) (assistant) |
| Coach Years12: | 2020–present |
| Coach Team12: | Cornell (IA) |
| Overall Record: | 47–45 (college) 4–11 (UIF) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–0 (NCAA D–II playoffs) 0–1 (NCAA D–III playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 MIAA (2015–2016) |
Dan Pifer (born January 11, 1972) is an American football coach for Cornell College. He most recently served as the recruiting coordinator at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio in 2018. Previously, Pifer served as the head football coach at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio in 2017 and at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan from 2012 to 2016 and was the head coach for the United Indoor Football's now-defunct Fort Wayne Freedom.[1]
Pifer was an assistant offensive coordinator, running backs coach, and strength and conditioning coach for former Fort Wayne Freedom and Trine University head coach now Athletic Director Matt Land. He has served as quarterbacks coach in the past. He was a 1990 graduate of Celina High School.