Early Coaching Career
During the 1950s, Orr was the head coach at Dubuque Senior High School in Dubuque, Iowa.
After a long time as an assistant coach, including at Wisconsin, Orr attained a head coaching position in 1963 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, commonly known as UMass, and guided the team to 15–9 record in 1963–64.
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