Jerry Vandergriff. He took over one of the lowest ranked Division II programs in the Nation. ASU had three straight last place finished and averaged 2 conference wins a season those three years. At Angelo State University, his team recorded 118 wins and left the school with the highest winning percentage of any coach in the program's 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 his second year, he took the Rams to the Lone Star Conference Tournament and wins over nationally ranked Midwestern State and Central Oklahoma. The 2000 season his team posted a 20-win season, which was the second-best record in school history, surpassed only by Esposito's 2001 team that won 24 games. In 2000-01, in just three season, the Rams advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in 10 years and 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 and 11-1 Conference record best ever in the Lone Star Conference. In addition, Esposito was voted LSC South Coach of the Year in 2001. In 2002, Esposito led the Rams to its fourth consecutive winning season, the first time ASU had posted four straight winning seasons in two decades. 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 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, and graduated 100% of all his four year players. The Villages Charter School At The Villages Charter High School Esposito helped advance the school to the Class 3A District 7 Final Four for the first time in school history. He built the foundation and buzz in the community which has propelled the program to one of the top high school basketball program in the state, still today. University of Minnesota Esposito was hired by Tubby Smith University of Minnesota on March 29, 2007. Esposito joined Coach Smith at Minnesota