Barry Rohrssen appears poised to be named the next coach of Manhattan.

Manhattan College appears ready to sign Pitt associate head coach Barry Rohrssen to succeed Bobby Gonzalez as head basketball coach, The Post has learned.

Rohrssen, 45, a Brooklyn native widely regarded as one of the nation’s top New York City recruiters, interviewed in Riverdale on Thursday, a source said, and thoroughly impressed Athletic Director Bob Byrnes.

Rohrssen, who would be introduced early next week, also interviewed at Seton Hall and Fairfield.

He stands to inherit a talented team that won the MAAC regular-season title under Gonzalez this year.

There are team issues, however, as second-leading scorer Jeff Xavier, a sophomore guard, elected to transfer to Providence during this search, and C.J. Anderson, a sophomore forward and 2004-05 MAAC Rookie of the Year, was academically ineligible this semester.

Byrne also interviewed Louisville assistant Kevin Willard and UConn assistant Tom Moore.

The potential loss of a couple star players, apparently drove Moore to withdraw from the search.

“In what has been a month of analyzing potential job openings both my wife [Eileen] and I realize what a special situation we have at Connecticut,” Moore said before leaving for Houston on a recruiting trip Friday afternoon. “[Athletic director] Bob Burns and the people at Manhattan were great to me. … I really feel Manhattan College is going to have a lot of success in the future in men’s basketball.”

Sources close to Moore say that he was operating under coach Jim Calhoun’s philosophy that when an assistant leaves to become a head coach, it should be to a place where he can be successful soon.

Manhattan, a MAAC power under Bobby Gonzalez, who left for Seton Hall on April 7, looked like such a place when Moore began discussions with school officials, but things changed when star guard Jeff Xavier decided to transfer to Providence. There are also rumors that CJ Anderson, another outstanding sophomore, is going to transfer. Anderson was lost for the season in January because of academics, and the Jaspers still finished 20-11, but without those two next year, it will be a rebuilding year.

It’s still the tremendous opportunity for Barry Rohrssen. I hope he has success.

Of course, Joe Lombardi is now at IUP.

Obviously, Orlando Antigua is going to move up to an assistant coaching position and will help keep the door open in the NY/NJ area. But Pitt is going to have to find two new assistants. The good thing, I think is that Coach Dixon probably came away from his contract extension with an increased budget to pay assistants. That means he can go after some good assistants.

It will be another subplot to watch over the next month or so.