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 Mike
Esposito
Assistant
Football Coach/Quarterbacks & Running Backs Coach
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Esposito
Mike
Esposito joined the Trojan Football coaching staff as an assistant head
coach under head coach Tom Shea. Esposito will also coach the
quarterbacks and running backs and coordinate the Strength &
Conditioning program for the Trojans.
Prior coming to
Dakota State, he
acted as the General Manager and Head Coach for the Erie Freeze and the
Cincinnati Swarm of the Arena Football League. Esposito was named
2004 and 2005 AIFL Coach of the year as well as Administrator of the
Year. His marketing ideas and structure for football and ticket
sales has set precedence for all franchises.
From 1999-2001, he
coached at West
Hills College in
Coalinga,
CA.
In 2001-2003, he taught and coached at the
University of La Verne in Southern California in the fall and acted as
the offensive coordinator for the Washington Shockwave and Rapid City
Red Dogs of the AIFL in the spring.
Esposito was an All-American in football and wrestling at William Penn
where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Health, Physical
Education, and Biology. He received his double Master’s degree in
Physical Education and Sports Administration at Chadron State College.
Esposito is completing his PhD degree in Human Nutrition at South Dakota
State
University and
expected to be complete in 2010. From 1992 until 2003, when not
patrolling the sidelines, he walked his beat around the “squared circle”
as the National Wrestling Alliance’s “Repo
Man.”
He retired in 2003 as the NWA Television Champion, a title in which he
held for three years.
In addition to his coaching duties, Esposito serves as an Adjunct
faculty member for the West
Hill
College
and Foothill College Districts in
California, teaching Health, Nutrition and
numerous Sports Marketing classes. He is the Founder of the War at
the Shore, which acts as the biggest amateur wrestling event in the
country and has since 2002.
He is also an Organizer of the National
Fourth and One Football Clinics.
Mike and wife Amy have two daughters Kinsley Ann and Kristen Lee.
In his spare time, “Espo” is an avid jogger,
bowler, golfer and acts as an NCAA Wrestling, Softball and Baseball
Official.
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