Duke University

Nunzio Esposto begins his second season with the Duke swimming and diving coaching staff after joining the program as the head diving coach in the summer of 2013. In his first season at Duke, Esposto guided Nick McCrory to his fourth NCAA title in men’s platform diving and a pair of All-America accolades. Under Esposto’s tutelage, Duke’s six divers accounted for 125 points at the 2014 ACC Championships. Four of the Blue Devil divers competed at the 2014 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, with McCrory winning the 1-meter and platform events. Esposto returns to the collegiate coaching ranks after previously serving as the head diving coach at North Carolina from 1998 to 2002. During that time he also was the head coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club Diving program, guiding his athletes to senior and junior nationals qualification as well as multiple North Carolina high school state titles. Following his tenure in Chapel Hill, Esposto served as the head coach of the Blue Devil Diving club program from 2003 to 2007. He directed former Duke diver and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Nick McCrory to a spot on the USA Diving Junior National team, as well as a junior national championship and a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in 2006. Esposto has also been a part of the USA Diving national team coaching staff on several occasions, including at the 2011 FINA World Series in Dubai, UAE, the 2006 Junior World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the 2005 Junior Pan American Games in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. After a short period away from coaching, Esposto returned to the sport as a coach at The American School for Diving in Durham in 2011, overseeing several junior national qualifiers. Throughout his coaching career he has also worked as a regional practice administrator in radiation oncology at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C. An 11-time junior nationals finalist during his own diving career, Esposto earned a scholarship to North Carolina, where he was an All-ACC performer in each of his four seasons. He qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships each year, garnering a trip to the NCAA Championships as a senior in 1991. Esposto was also named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll on three occasions and was the recipient of the Osterneck Award as the team’s unsung hero his final year. He graduated from North Carolina with a degree in radiologic science in 1991. A 1987 graduate of Butler High School in Butler, Pa., Esposto was inducted into the Butler, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Daniel Graber was named an assistant coach in June of 2021. Graber spent the 2020-21 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech. While in Blacksburg, he coached the mid-distance and sprint groups during a season when 18 school records were broken. At NCAAs, both teams earned the most points in program history, with the men improving from 35th to 11th and the women moving up from 40th to 21st. The Hokies also had the most individual NCAA qualifiers in men's and women's school history. While coaching at Virginia Tech, Graber was also assistant coach for Pinnacle Racing. He coached multiple Olympians, modified training plans for the individual athletes, and led dryland workouts. Prior to that, Graber was an assistant age group coach with the TAC Titans in Raleigh, North Carolina. Graber graduated Summa Cum Laude from North Carolina State with a degree in mechanical engineering in May of 2019. A four-year member of the Wolfpack swim team, he was a four-time CSCAA Scholar All-American, three-time NCAA All-American, and a two-time ACC champion and conference record holder. He helped lead his team to four consecutive ACC Championship titles and four top-four NCAA finishes.