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St. John's "expected" to hire Kentucky assistant Barry Rohrssen to same role

Chris Mullin's staff continues to get more impressive.

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

St. John's Red Storm coach Chris Mullin is "expected" to continue filling out his staff by hiring former Manhattan head coach Barry Rohrssen, per the New York Post and Scout.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Barry &quot;Slice&quot; Rohrssen &quot;expected&quot; to join Chris Mullin&#39;s staff at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sjubb?src=hash">#sjubb</a>, per source, but it&#39;s not a done deal as of yet.</p>&mdash; Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Brazille/status/587371160565903361">April 12, 2015</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/EvanDaniels">@EvanDaniels</a> broke news of Barry Rohrssen and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sjubb?src=hash">#sjubb</a> nearing deal. One source told me he&#39;s been offered six-year deal.</p>&mdash; Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Brazille/status/587371443148718081">April 12, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Rohrssen, a college basketball journeyman, has worked under John Calipari at Kentucky for the past year, he has also worked for Ben Howland and Jamie Dixon before his time at Manhattan.

Rohrssen will join former Iowa State assistant Matt Abdelmassih as the second member of Chris Mullin's staff.