WASHINGTON — Louis Orr, a star ahead at Syracuse who performed eight NBA seasons earlier than going right into a prolonged profession in teaching, has died. He was 64.
Orr’s household stated Friday in a press release by means of Georgetown that he died Thursday after a battle with pancreatic most cancers.
Orr helped Syracuse make 4 NCAA Match appearances from 1976-80 and earned All-Massive East season and convention match honors throughout his senior yr. His No. 55 was retired in 2015.
“We mourn the lack of an Orange legend – a participant, a coach, and most significantly a fantastic one who made everybody round him higher,” Syracuse’s males’s basketball program posted on social media. “Louis Orr’s reminiscence will dwell in our hearts eternally, and particularly each time we glance up and see his No. 55 within the Dome rafters.”
Orr was a second-round choose by Indiana in 1980 and performed two seasons with the Pacers earlier than spending six seasons taking part in for the New York Knicks from 1982-88.
The Cincinnati native moved into the school teaching ranks as an assistant at Xavier in 1991 and had stints at Windfall and his alma mater earlier than taking on the top job at Siena in 2000. He coached one season there, 5 at Seton Corridor and 7 at Bowling Inexperienced.
Orr was an assistant within the Chinese language Basketball Affiliation for one yr earlier than becoming a member of coach Patrick Ewing’s employees at Georgetown. He spent 5 seasons as a Hoyas assistant and transitioned to particular assistant to the top coach within the spring.
Ewing stated he misplaced a fantastic good friend and somebody who had been in his life since he was 22 breaking into the NBA.
“We developed a friendship and a brotherhood,” Ewing stated in a press release. “He was at all times somebody I may speak to – we’d discuss life, we’d discuss basketball, we’d discuss household. He will likely be actually missed and he’ll eternally be a part of this (Georgetown) program.”