Louis Orr Bio, Cause of death, Age, Career, Net Worth, Family

Former American basketball player turned coach, Louis Orr was born on May 7th, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States of America.

He died on December 15th, 2022. According to reports, Orr battled pancreatic cancer for sometime now and lost his life to the illness recently. He died at the age of 64 years.

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He was a professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association (NBA) before going on to teach collegiate basketball. Orr served as the head coach of Seton Hall from 2001 to 2006 and Bowling Green State University from 2007 to 2014.

Prior to accepting his first head coaching position at Siena College, he worked as an assistant at Xavier University, Providence College, and his alma school, Syracuse University.

He worked with Patrick Ewing, a former New York Knicks player, as an assistant coach at Georgetown.

Louis Orr cause of death

Orr died of pancreatic cancer which he has been battling for years.

Louis Orr net worth

Orr had a net worth estimated to be about $5 million.

Louis Orr age

Orr was born in 1958 and he died in 2022. He was 64 at the time of his death.

Louis Orr height

Orr stands at a height of 2.03 m tall and weighs 79kg.

Louis Orr education and career

Charles Cadle served as Orr’s coach while he was a student at Withrow High School. From 1976 to 1980, Orr competed for Syracuse University. He and colleague Roosevelt Bouie were a part of the renowned “Louie & Bouie Show.”

The Daily Orange’s caricature of the pair walking across the basketball floor in tuxedos and top hats gave rise to the pair’s nickname. He was chosen by the Indiana Pacers with the 28th overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft after graduating from Syracuse.

Orr spent his first two seasons with the Pacers, where he made the playoffs and competed in a first-round loss to the Philadelphia 76ers while averaging 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game.

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After that, he transferred to the New York Knicks, where he played for six years and earned three postseason appearances overall. For the Knicks in the 1984–85 season, Orr averaged 12.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, both career highs.

On January 20, 1987, Orr led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 111-109 victory over the Boston Celtics with 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and the game-winning three-point shot with seconds remaining.

In 1990, he was hired as an assistant coach by Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, the hometown of Orr. He later started working for Pete Gillen at Providence in 1994, and soon after that, he was an assistant coach for Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse Orangemen.

He became a well-known assistant there during his stint there and contributed to their 92-40 record during that time. During Orr’s tenure at Syracuse, the university twice advanced to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16.

Orr accepted the post of head coach of the men’s basketball team at Siena College in 2000, which was his first head coaching appointment.

In his lone season at Siena, Orr guided the Saints to a 20-11 record, the greatest ever for a first-year Siena coach, and a three-way tie for first place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. That year, Siena also smashed numerous attendance records.

When Orr was hired by Seton Hall in 2001 to replace Tommy Amaker, who resigned to become the head coach at Michigan, he became the first ex-Big East player to hold the position of head coach in the league. Orr had a 12-18 record in his debut season in the Big East Conference, but he is remembered for playing Duke closely in the Maui Invitational.

Orr had guided the Pirates to two NCAA Tournament appearances in three years by the time he was in his fifth season at Seton Hall. In the first round of the 2004 NCAA tournament, Seton Hall upset the ninth-seeded Arizona Wildcats before losing to the first-seeded Duke.

Orr guided Seton Hall to an overall record of 18-12 and a 9-7 Big East record in the 2005–06 season. In the 2006 NCAA tournament, Seton Hall was the 10th seed and faced the 7th seed Wichita State. They lost 86-66.

Orr was appointed to lead the men’s basketball team at Bowling Green State University after taking a season off from coaching. He replaced Dan Dakich, whose contract was not renewed by Bowling Green after 10 seasons.

Orr had a 13-17 overall record and a 7-9 MAC record in his first season at Bowling Green, ranking fifth in the East Division. The Falcons finished the following season with an 11-5 conference record, and Orr led Bowling Green to their 10th MAC regular season championship.

Bowling Green declared that it would not extend Orr’s contract on March 11, 2014. In seven seasons, Orr has a record of 101-121, including a 54-60 mark in Mid-American Conference competition.

Louis Orr wife

Orr was married to Yvette Orr.

Louis Orr children

Louis Orr is survived by two children who are Chauncey Orr and Monica Mack.