Barry Rohrssen enters his fourth season at the helm of Manhattan College's basketball program. Rohrssen is coming off his most successful campaign with the Jaspers and has built a strong foundation to contend for the conference title.

Rohrssen led Manhattan to a fourth place MAAC finish last season and a 16-14 overall record, which included victories over two NCAA Tournament participants. The Jaspers tallied nine wins at Draddy Gymnasium, the most since 2005-06.

Since his arrival in Riverdale, Rohrssen has rejuvenated the Jaspers through strong local recruiting. He has mentored five All-MAAC selections and six MAAC Players of the Week during his short tenure.

In his first year, Rohrssen guided the Jaspers to 10 MAAC wins, the second most for a Manhattan head coach in his inaugural season.  In 2007-08, Manhattan earned its first MAAC Tournament victory during the Rohrssen era, behind a team whose underclassmen combined for over 80% of the Jaspers' scoring offense.

Rohrssen was named Manhattan's 22nd head men's basketball coach on April 25, 2006.  He arrived back in his native New York after spending the previous seven seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Rohrssen began his coaching stint at Pitt behind the leadership of two-time National Coach of the Year Ben Howland, and spent his last three seasons as associate head coach under 2009 Naismith Coach of the Year Jamie Dixon.

At Pitt, the Brooklyn native played a vital role in the Panthers' rise to national prominence.  The Panthers won three BIG EAST Regular Season titles and one BIG EAST Tournament Championship over the course of Rohrssen's final five years in the Steel City.

Many of Rohrssen's New York City recruits became the foundation for the Panthers' success.  He played a large role in the signings of area prep stars Levance Fields (Xaverian), Tyrell Biggs (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.), Ronald Ramon (All Hallows), Keith Benjamin (Mt. Vernon), Chris Taft (Xaverian/Golden State Warriors), Carl Krauser (Notre Dame Academy), and Mark McCarroll (Christ the King).  Dick "Hoops" Weiss of the New York Daily News placed Rohrssen at the top of his list of coaches who were making the biggest recruiting impact in the City in a July 2004 article.

Over the course of his final five seasons at Pitt, Rohrssen was part of five 20-plus win seasons and five NCAA appearances.  The Panthers posted an overall record of 133-33 (80.1%) during that span, placing among the nation's top-five winning percentages.  The team was also nearly unbeatable at home during Rohrssen's final four seasons with the Panthers, posting a 64-6 record at the Petersen Events Center (91.4%).

In addition to his renowned recruiting skills, Rohrssen helped develop some of the top talent in the BIG EAST.  A Panther received the BIG EAST Most Improved Player Award four times during his tenure, most recently Chicago Bulls center Aaron Gray following the 2005-06 season. Rohrssen also mentored 2004 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and future NBA player Chris Taft.

Prior to his time at Pitt, Rohrssen spent four seasons (1995-99) at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the school's director of basketball operations on Head Coach Bill Bayno's staff. While at UNLV, the program captured the 1998 Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship.  The Rebels advanced to postseason play in three of his four years.

Prior to his stint at UNLV, Rohrssen served as assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Francis (N.Y.) College, from 1993-95 under Head Coach Ron Ganulin.

Rohrssen also has extensive international basketball coaching experience. In 1991 and 1992, he represented the United States at the World Invitational Championships in Poland and England, respectively. He co-coached an American All-Star team in 1998 that finished 5-0 in Tahiti.

During the summer of 2000, Rohrssen served as assistant coach with a United States Junior Team that competed at an international tournament in Leon, Spain. Later that summer, he helped lead the New York City squad to a gold medal title at the 2000 Empire State Games.

Rohrssen has supported several charitable efforts, including the V Foundation. The past two summers he traveled to the Persian Gulf Region with a group of NCAA basketball coaches to visit American troops as part of a goodwill program sponsored by the United States Organizations (USO) and Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE). In 2008 he participated in "Operation Hardwood V" and in 2009 he took part in "Operation Hoop Talk". Both tours began with visits in the nation's capital to meet with wounded soldiers at Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Rohrssen has implemented high academic standards for his program. During his tenure, each member of his senior classes has graduated, and the 2009-10 senior class is ahead of schedule to earn their degrees.

Rohrssen played as an undergraduate at St. Francis (N.Y.) from 1981-83, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in business management in 1983. He also played in the Catholic High School Athletic Association at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn and is a member of the school's Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.