Joe Esposito (basketball)
Joseph Esposito (born September 21, 1966) is an American basketball coach. Esposito is currently the associate head coach at The University of Missouri Kansas City and still a Basketball Analyst on ESPN Las Vegas on his free time. He was the head coach at Cesar Chavez HS in Phoenix, Arizona for two years and before that was an assistant coach for head men's basketball coach Marvin Menzies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Esposito spent twelve years with Hall of Fame Coach Tubby Smith as an assistant basketball coach and Recruiting Coordinator at University of Memphis, an assistant coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Texas Tech University and the director of basketball operations and assistant coach at the University of Minnesota. He has head coaching experience at Assumption College, Angelo State University and The Villages Charter Schools. He was the associate head coach at Tennessee State University working for Frankie Allen.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate head coach |
| Team | Kansas City |
| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 21, 1966 New York, New York |
| Alma mater | Under Grad: Marist College 88' Grad:United States Sports Academy 90' |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–1988 | Roosevelt High School (assoc. HC) |
| 1988–1995 | Assumption College (assoc. HC) |
| 1995–1998 | Tennessee State (assoc. HC) |
| 1998–2006 | Angelo State University |
| 2006–2007 | The Villages Charter HS |
| 2007–2013 | Minnesota (assistant) |
| 2013–2016 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Memphis (assoc. HC) |
| 2018–2019 | UNLV (special assistant to HC) |
| 2019–2020 | ESPN (Basketball Analyst) |
| 2020–2022 | Cesar Chavez HS |
| 2022–present | Kansas City (assoc. HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | (College HC) 118–75 (.611) (High School HC) 47–19 (.712) Overall 165–94 (.637) Games Coached:1020 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Northeast-10 Regular Season and Tournament Champions 1990,1991,1992 Lone Star Champions 2001 | |
| Awards | |
| 6a Metro Regional Champions 2021 = 2× Lone Star Coach of the Year 2001, 2004, 2x Meto 6A Region Coach of the Year | |
| Records | |
| NCAA Appearances 8 times (Assumption, ASU, Minnesota, Texas Tech), NIT 3 times, NIT Championship Game (Minnesota), Big10 Championship Game (Minnesota), OVC Championship Game (Tennessee State) | |