Brian Orr is entering his 6^th season as the women’s basketball coach at Lewis-Clark State College.  Last year Orr was named Frontier Conference co-Coach of the Year as the team finished with a record of 26-7, while claiming a share of the conference championship. During his tenure, Orr’s teams have amassed an overall 117-49 (.705) win-loss record.   On December 10, 2005, with a victory over Warner Pacific College, Orr won his 100^th contest, a milestone that was achieved faster than any previous LCSC basketball coach.  In his five seasons at the helm, Orr has averaged 23.4 wins per season, the best in the history of the program.  His teams currently have the best home court winning percentage at the school with a remarkable 70-12 (.854) win-loss record.  In addition, Coach Orr has compiled an impressive 52-18 (.743) conference record, another first in the L-C record book. 

In 2005-06, the Warriors were ranked 6^th in the national poll for four straight weeks and became the 10th Lewis Clark State squad to qualify for the NAIA National Tournament in the last 11 years.  The 26 victories were a personal best for Coach Orr, and were the third most wins in a season for the women’s program.  So too was the .788 winning percentage.   A reoccurring theme for Orr’s teams has been their efficiency on both ends of the court.  Last year the team finished in the top 10 in the nation in several statistical categories including: 3^rd in rebound margin (+8.33 rpg), 3^rd in offensive rebounding (18.09 rpg), 6^th in steals (13.49 spg), 7^th in scoring margin (+18.64 ppg), 7^th in turnover margin (+7.42), 8^th in assists (17.27 apg), and 9^th in scoring, averaging 78.86 points per game.  In addition, the Warriors led the Frontier Conference in 11 statistical categories and entered the Lewis-Clark State women’s basketball record book a remarkable 41 times.

Before coming to LCSC, 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, three straight trips to the National Tournament, and a 25-6 record during the 1998-99 season that saw MSU-Billings advance to the "Elite Eight."  Before serving at MSU-Billings, Orr was the head boy’s 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 boy’s and girl’s 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 coaching career at Joplin-Inverness High School in Joplin, Montana.  From 1982-86, he served as the school’s head boy’s and girl’s basketball coach and athletic director.  In his 14-year high school coaching career, his teams won five conference titles and his girl’s 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, and Bobby.