Career
He was the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Minnesota. He previously was the head Coach at The Villages Charter Schools and Angelo State University and was the associate head coach at Tennessee State University and Assumption College. At The Villages Charter High School he helped advance the School to the Class 3A District 7 Final Four.
At Angelo State University, his team recorded 118 wins in eight years and left the school with the highest winning percentage of any coach in the program"s history.
In 2000-2001, the Rams advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Tournament for the first time in 10 years and only the third time in school history. In 2002, Esposito led the Rams to its fourth consecutive winning season, the first time Arizona State University had posted four straight winning seasons in two decades.
In 2003, Arizona State University posted its fifth consecutive winning season, a mark only matched one other time in the history of the program He left the program as one of the winningest coaches in Lone Star Conference history.
In his first season at Angelo State in 1999, Esposito posted the best turnaround in Division II by any rookie head coach, improving the Rams" record by seven victories and having the first winning season since 1994.
In April 2013, Esposito was hired by Tubby Smith as an assistant coach at Texas Technical University in the Big 12. Esposito is reunited with Tubby Smith after six years together at Minnesota. Esposito returns to West Texas where he had coached for almost a decade.
He is considered one of the top recruiters in the country.
Esposito was hired at the University of Minnesota by Tubby Smith in May 2007 as Director of Basketball Operations. Under Tubby Smith, the Gophers averaged over 20 wins a season and went to 5 post season tournaments in six years (National Collegiate Athletic Association & National Institute of Technology).
Minnesota reached the third round against Florida in 2013. After starting 15-1 in Smith"s final season at Minnesota and reaching a rank of Number.
8, the Gophers collapsed and lost seven of their next 10 games and squeaked by with a Number.
11 seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. At Tennessee State, for three seasons (1995-1998) Esposito was responsible for recruiting three Ohio Valley Conference Freshmen of the Year and both his 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 recruiting classes were ranked among the top 20 in the nation by Hoop Scoop. He also worked under the legendary Duane Davis at Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City).
