Louis Orr
Louis Orr (1958-2022)
Teams coached: Siena Saints, Seton Hall Pirates, Bowling Green Falcons
Siena record: 20-11 (.645)
Seton Hall record: 80-69 (.537)
Bowling Green record: 101-121 (.455)
Overall record: 201-201 (.500)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2004, 2006)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2003, 2009)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2009)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2001)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022 | Georgetown (special asst. to the HC) |
| 2017-2022 | Georgetown (asst) |
| 2007-2014 | Bowling Green |
| 2001-2006 | Seton Hall |
| 2000-2001 | Siena |
| 1996-2000 | Syracuse (asst) |
| 1994-1996 | Providence (asst) |
| 1990-1994 | Xavier (asst) |
Louis Orr Facts
- Louis McLaughlin Orr
- Born May 7, 1958
- Died December 15, 2022
- Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Syracuse University (BA, 1980)
- Attended Winthrow HS in Cincinnati, then played four years at Syracuse for head coach Jim Boeheim
- Drafted 29th overall (2nd Round) in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers; played eight seasons in the NBA – two for the Pacers and six for the New York Knicks
- During his NBA career, Orr played under head coaches Jack McKinney, Hubie Brown, Bob Hill and Rick Pitino
- Started coaching in 1990 as an assistant to Pete Gillen at Xavier in his hometown of Cincinnati
- Got his first head coaching job in 2000 at Siena; left after one season to take the same job at Seton Hall
- Fired at Seton Hall in 2006 after taking the Pirates to two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT in five years
- Took over at Bowling Green in 2007, winning the MAC and going to the NIT in just his second year at the school
- Won 101 games in seven years at BGSU but was let go following the 2013-14 season
- Hired in April 2017 to join Patrick Ewing‘s first staff at Georgetown; spent five years as an assistant before transitioning to a new role as special assistant to the head coach prior to the 2022-23 season
- Orr and Ewing were teammates for three seasons in New York at the start of the latter’s Hall of Fame career
- Orr passed away in December 2022 after a battle with cancer; he was 64 years old
- Along with his wife, Yvette, has one daughter and one son
Louis Orr Coaching Tree
- Grant Billmeier (NJIT)
- Donald Copeland (Wagner)
- John Dunne (Marist, Saint Peter’s)
- Carmen Maciariello (Siena)
- Brian Nash (St. Francis NY)
- Nathan Wahle (Muskingum)