Angelo State University, NCAA Division II
Esposito recorded 118 wins in eight years and left the school with the highest winning percentage of any coach in the program’s history. In 2000-01, the Rams advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in 10 years and only the third time in school history. Angelo State won the Lone Star Conference South Division Championship with a 22-8 record which tied the highest single-season win total in school history. In addition, Esposito was voted LSC South Coach of the Year in 2001.
In 2002, Esposito led the team to their fourth consecutive winning season, the first time ASU had posted four straight winning seasons since the 1980s. In just four seasons, Esposito led the Rams to three of the top five single season win totals in school history and three straight post-season berths. In 2003, ASU posted their fifth winning season in a row, 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.
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