The new era of St. John’s basketball also now includes a familiar face from the past.
Matt Abdelmassih, an assistant coach during Chris Mullin’s head-coaching tenure and a team manager in his days as a student, recently re-joined the school as the program’s new general manager, The Post has learned.St. John’s joins several schools, such as Villanova and Duke, in creating this new position in the Name, Image & Likeness and transfer portal era.
As an assistant coach for Iowa State, St. John’s and Nebraska, Abdelmassih was known as a top-notch recruiter adept at landing top transfers. Matt Abdelmassih, coaching with St. John’s in 2019, has returned to be the program’s general manager.Abdelmassih will work directly with St. John’s three collectives, Storm Marketing, Flat Top and Phocus, and serve as a go-between for players, their families, agents and the coaching staff.He will be a fundraising organizer and be in charge of bringing new donors into the fold, enabling Pitino to take a step back from raising money for the program.
Pitino is bringing in a tax accountant and financial adviser to educate his players on how to handle their money.
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