Now
entering his 10th year as the women’s basketball coach at Lewis-Clark State
College, Brian Orr has established himself as one of the premier coaches in
the Frontier Conference and NAIA, and has become one of the most
accomplished basketball coaches in Warrior history.
Amassing an overall
win-loss record of
229-71 (.763 win
percentage), Orr has
compiled a number of
honors and trophies. His
teams have won the
Frontier Conference
Tournament title three
straight seasons and
played in the
championship game in
four straight years.
Between 2005-08, he
earned three straight
Frontier Conference
Coach of the Year
awards, and led his team
to three straight
regular-season
conference
championships. In the
last five years, Orr has
an 128-29 (.815) overall
record and a 59-11
(.843) mark in the
conference. Under Orr’s
leadership the Warriors
have qualified for the
NAIA national
championship eight times
in the last nine years.
The team has reached the
round of Sweet 16 in
four of the past five
seasons and made it to
the final eight in
2007-08.
Orr has averaged more
than 25 wins per season,
best in program history,
and hit the 200-win
milestone in one of the
Warriors’ most memorable
games when they defeated
Westminster
79-78 in the
championship game of the
Frontier Conference
Tournament in Salt Lake City
during the 2008-09
season. Westminster
had won its previous 16
games against conference
opponents during the
season before the
Warriors were able to
capture their second
straight conference
tournament title.
The Warriors also
defeated
Westminster
in
Salt
Lake last
season for the
tournament title, this
time in dominating
fashion 80-60.
On December 10, 2005,
with a victory over
Warner
Pacific
College,
Orr won his 100th
contest, a milestone
that was achieved faster
than any previous L-C
basketball coach. His
teams currently have the
best home court winning
percentage at the school
with a remarkable 127-15
(.894) record, including
a 16-1 (.941) mark a
year ago. In addition,
Coach Orr has compiled
an impressive 99-27
(.786) overall
conference record,
another first in the
Lewis-Clark
State
record book. His teams
have averaged 11
conference wins per
season in a 14-game
schedule.
Before coming to
Lewiston,
Orr was the top women’s
assistant at
Montana
State
University
in
Bozeman,
Montana.
During the 2000-01
campaign, the MSU
Bobcats posted the
fourth-best turnaround
in NCAA Division I and
finished with an 18-10
overall record and an
11-5 record in the Big
Sky Conference.
Prior to his stop in
Bozeman,
Orr served as the first
women’s basketball coach
at the
University
of
Great Falls
in 15 years. Brian also
served as the top
assistant coach at
perennial NCAA Division
II power, Montana State
University-Billings from
1996-98. In his three
years at MSU-Billings he
helped lead the
Yellowjackets to a 64-22
record and three
straight trips to the
National Tournament.
MSU-B finished the
1998-99 season at 25-6
and advanced to the
“Elite Eight”, the best
finish in school
history.
|
Coach Orr Year-by-Year |
|
Year |
Conference |
Overall |
Overall % |
|
09-10 |
11-3 |
29-6 |
.829 |
|
08-09 |
10-4 |
23-8 |
.719 |
|
07-08 |
13-1 |
29-5 |
.853 |
|
06-07 |
14-0 |
31-3 |
.912 |
|
05-06 |
11-3 |
26-7 |
.788 |
|
04-05 |
10-4 |
22-11 |
.667 |
|
03-04 |
9-5 |
23-10 |
.697 |
|
02-03 |
11-3 |
23-10 |
.697 |
|
01-02 |
10-4 |
23-11 |
.676 |
|
Total |
99-27 |
229-71 |
.763 |
Before serving at
MSU-Billings, Orr was
the head boys basketball
coach at Fergus
High School
in
Lewistown,
Mont.,
from 1991-96. He was
named the school’s
Teacher of the Year in
1996. Brian also served
as both the head boys
and girls coach at
Simms
High School
in
Simms,
Montana,
from 1986-91. In 1990,
he led the team to the
Montana State High
School Class B State
Championship, while
being named Coach of the
Year by the Montana
Coaches Association. And
in 1989, he was honored
by the Dufresne
Foundation as the
Outstanding Educator of
the Year. Orr began his
head coaching career at
Joplin-Inverness
High School
in
Joplin,
Montana.
From 1982-86, he served
as the school’s head
boys and girls
basketball coach and
athletic director. In
his 14-year high school
coaching career, his
teams won five
conference titles and
his girls’ teams amassed
a 101-39 (.721) record.
A
native of
Livingston,
Mont.,
Orr graduated in 1982,
from
Eastern
Montana
College,
now known as Montana
State-Billings, with a
Bachelor of Science
Degree in Secondary
Education. He received
his Master’s of Science
Degree in Education from
MSU-Billings in 1997.
Brian is married to the
former Bonnie Olson. The
couple has four
children, Pat, Casey,
TJ, & Bobby.
Derek Pegram
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
Derek Pegram begins his
first season as an
assistant coach in the
program and is in his
first year of coaching
at the collegiate level.
Derek hit the ground
running and has been
helping coach Brian Orr
in a variety of areas,
including coaching the
guards, recruiting and
serving as the team’s
strength and
conditioning coach.
Derek played basketball
at
Seattle
Community College
for coach Kyle Gray and
began his coaching
career shortly
thereafter in 2006.
In 2006-07, he served as
assistant coach for the
boys’ basketball team at
Auburn
Riverside
High School
in
Auburn,
Wash.,
and then spent the
following two seasons as
both assistant coach to
the varsity and head
junior varsity coach at
Riverside.
During all three seasons
there,
Riverside
qualified for the
district tournament. He
also helped out with the
girls program in both
2007-08 and 2008-09.
Derek also spent time
coaching the junior
varsity team at Gig
Harbor
High School
before last season. He
then joined Stan Harris,
Deon Moyd, and the staff
at Franklin Pierce High
in
Tacoma
as its head junior
varsity coach and was an
assistant coach to the
varsity, which qualified
for the WIAA 3A State
Tournament.
Derek also has worked as
various camps in western
Washington,
including camps in
Seattle
and
Tacoma.
He’s also work at
multiple Harlem
Globetrotter camps.
“We
are excited to have
Derek joining our
coaching staff,” LCSC
coach Brian Orr said.
“He is a real student of
the game, eager to
learn, and his expertise
in the weight room has
already made a positive
impact on our team.
His duties will include
virtually every aspect
of our program with an
emphasis on recruiting,
strength training, and
on-court coaching.”
Derek, (24), has lived
in the Seattle
area most of his life.
He was raised in
Auburn,
Wash.,
and attended
Auburn
Riverside
High School
where he played both
basketball and tennis.
While playing for coach
Tom Adams his senior
year, Derek captained
the Ravens to their
first ever playoff
appearance, earning
ALL-South Puget Sound
League honors. He also
earned four letters in
tennis where he never
lost a match during the
regular season all four
seasons. His tennis
teams never finished
worse than sixth in
state.
Derek also works at
Gold’s Gym in Lewiston
and will be attending
classes at LCSC during
the second semester. He
is majoring in
Kinesiology with an
emphasis on Sports
Administration/Coaching.
In
August, Pegram replaced
former Warrior player
Janeen Nelson as the
team’s assistant coach.
Nelson was an assistant
for one season.
