Brian Orr is entering his 7^th year as the women’s basketball coach at Lewis-Clark State College, after enjoying what was arguably his best overall season at the school.  For the second straight time, Brian was honored as the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year.  The Warriors finished the 2006-07 campaign with a stellar 31-3 record, and the final NAIA national poll had Lewis-Clark State rank 2^nd in the country.  The team went undefeated in the conference play with an amazing 14-0 record, and in the process won their second consecutive conference championship. During his tenure, Orr’s teams have amassed an overall win-loss record of 148-52 (.740).   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 L-C basketball coach.  In his six seasons at the helm, Orr has averaged 24.6 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 84-12 (.875) record.  In addition, Coach Orr has compiled an impressive 65-19 (.773) conference record, another first in the Lewis-Clark State record book. 

Before coming to Lewistown, 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.  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 head 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, & Bobby.