1. Louis McLaughlin Orr was an American basketball player and coach.
12 Facts About Louis Orr
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Louis Orr played professionally in the National Basketball Association and became a college basketball coach.
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Louis Orr was formerly an assistant at Xavier University, Providence College and his alma mater Syracuse University, before getting his first head coaching job at Siena College.
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Louis Orr was an assistant coach at Georgetown under his former New York Knicks teammate Patrick Ewing.
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Louis Orr attended Withrow High School where he was coached by Charles Cadle.
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Louis Orr scored 1,487 points, helping team to four NCAA tournament appearances.
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Louis Orr played two seasons with the Pacers, which included a playoff appearance his rookie season, during which Louis Orr averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals a game in a first round loss against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Louis Orr scored over 5,500 career points as a pro.
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Louis Orr got his first assistant coaching job in 1990 with Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, the city where Orr was from.
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In 2000, Louis Orr received his first head coaching job, accepting the position as head coach of the men's basketball team at Siena College.
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Louis Orr became the first former Big East player to become a head coach in the conference after he was hired in 2001 by Seton Hall after Tommy Amaker left to become the head coach at Michigan.
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On December 15,2022, Louis Orr died of melanoma at his home in Cincinnati at the age of 64.