Born in upstate New York, Hotaling played at SUNY Albany[4] for coach Richard Doc Sauers.

[5] In 2012, Hotaling was inducted into the SUNY Albany Athletics Hall of Fame as an individual player and as a member of the 1993–1994 men's basketball team who earned a berth in the NCAA Division III, Elite Eight.

[7][8] Hotaling was hired for the 1998-99 season at Adelphi University by Steve Clifford, the current head coach of the Charlotte Hornets.

Hotaling spent the 1999–2000 season at Yale University under first-year head coach, James Jones.

[10] Hotaling left EKU in 2010 to become the head coach of the New Haven Chargers men's basketball program.