Tim Esmay is an American

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coach. He is the former head coach of the

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team. He was the head coach of the

team from prior to the 2010 season until the end of the 2014 season, when he announced his resignation. Esmay is an Arizona State

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, and he played baseball there from 1986–1987. After graduating from Arizona State in 1987, Esmay served as an assistant at Arizona State,

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, and

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. He was Utah's head coach from 1997–2004, before he was hired as an assistant at Arizona State prior to the 2005 season. From 2005–2009, Esmay served as an assistant under Pat Murphy. Following the 2009 season, Murphy was forced to resign due to violations of NCAA rules regarding student-athlete employment and recruiting. Esmay was hired as an interim head coach for the 2010 season. After leading the Sun Devils to the

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, Arizona State removed the "interim" tag from his title and formally named him the fourth head coach of the varsity era. As a result of Murphy's violations, the NCAA imposed sanctions on the program, including a ban from the postseason in

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. Since 2024, Esmay has been the manager of the Arizona Athletics of the

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Head coaching record

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