Joseph Esposito (born September 21, 1966) is an American basketball coach. Esposito is currently the Assistant 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 to 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. Coaching career Roosevelt High School Esposito's first coaching job came as the Assistant Basketball Coach at FDR in Hyde Park, NY for legendary Hall of fame Coach Duane Davis. Esposito also was named Assistant AD and Assistant Baseball Coach while serving there for two seasons. Assumption College Esposito was an assistant coach, associate head coach, and Head Coach at NCAA Division II powerhouse Assumption College in Worcester, MA. The Greyhounds rattled off three straight Northeast-10 Conference Championships in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and notched a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament regional appearances. The Greyhounds averaged 22 wins a season and no team in the NE-10 has ever won three straight championships like they did. Assumption also set single-season records for wins and winning streaks at the school with Esposito on staff. Tennessee State University Esposito played a vital role at HBCU Tennessee State University as the Associate Head Coach from 1995-98 for Head Coach Frankie Allen. Esposito was responsible for recruiting three Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year award winners. Only one other school in the nation has had three straight Freshman of the Year award winner Georgia Tech. His 1996-97 and 1997-98 recruiting classes were ranked among the nation’s top 30 by Hoop Scoop. He also worked as an academic counselor while at Tennessee State improving their team GPA to over a 3.0 and graduated every player while he was there. Angelo State University Esposito was hired at Angelo State in March of 1998 by Athletic Director