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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 New Orleans Hornets
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 Warsaw, Poland and London,
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 at
the 2000 Empire State Games.
Rohrssen has supported several
charitable efforts, including the V
Foundation for cancer research.
During the summers of 2008 and
2009 he traveled to the Persian
Gulf Region with a select 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
several of his current student-athletes
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are 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.