As I wrote yesterday, Seton Hall won’t make a decision until after the Final Four. It does, however, really appear that it is down to Pitt Associate Head Coach Barry Rohrssen or Manhattan Head Coach Bobby Gonzalez.
Seton Hall athletic director Joe Quinlan has narrowed the field for the vacant basketball head coaching job to Pittsburgh assistant Barry Rohrssen and Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez, according to a person familiar with the school’s coaching search.
The individual, who requested anonymity in order to maintain the university’s desire to keep aspects of the search private, said Quinlan may interview one or two more candidates but Rohrssen or Gonzalez will likely become the school’s next coach.
One report yesterday, said that Rohrssen had absolutely killed in his interview.
Quinlan had already met with Barry Rohrssen on Tuesday, and sources told the Daily News that Quinlan was impressed with the Pittsburgh assistant.
“It’s (Rohrssen’s) job to lose,” the source said.
There could be lots of coaching turnover on the basketball staff. Assistant Joe Lombardi is eyeing a head gig.
Meanwhile, Pitt assistant Joe Lombardi has expressed interest in the vacant head coaching position at Indiana (Pa.), where he served as an assistant from 1984-87.
Lombardi, a Sharon native, has spent the past three seasons at Pitt. He also is a former assistant at Ohio, Youngstown State, St. Francis (Pa.), La Salle and St. Bonaventure, where he served as associate head coach for more than half of his tenure.
The potential turnover of two coaches could have an affect on Pitt’s chances of landing Tyler Smith.