Johnny Orr
Alma Mater:
Beloit (WI)
Class of:
Hometown:
Taylorville, IL
- All-time winningest coach at Michigan (209) and Iowa State (218)
- First Big Ten coach to lead his team to four consecutive NCAA berths
- Named national coach of the year by the NABC in 1976
- Led Michigan to the 1976 NCAA Tournament title game versus Indiana
- Assistant coach at Wisconsin under John Erickson and at Michigan under Dave Strack
- Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI/USA)--1974 (6/12), 1975 (19/NR), 1976 (9/9), 1977 (1/1) and 1986 (NR/NR/22)
- All-Americans (six): Michigan's Rickey Green (1976 and 1977), Phil Hubbard (1977), Campy Russell (1974), Rudy Tomjanovich (1969 and 1970) and Henry Wilmore (1971 and 1972) and Iowa State's Jeff Grayer (1988).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15-9 | 5-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
13-11 | 8-2 | 2nd | DNP | |||
11-13 | 5-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
13-11 | 7-7 | 4th | DNP | |||
10-14 | 5-9 | 6th | DNP | |||
19-7 | 12-2 | 2nd | NIT (1-1) | |||
14-10 | 9-5 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
13-11 | 6-8 | T-5th | DNP | |||
22-5 | 12-2 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-8 | 12-6 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-7 | 14-4 | 2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
26-4 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
16-11 | 11-7 | T-4th | DNP | |||
15-12 | 8-10 | 6th | DNP | |||
17-13 | 8-10 | T-6th | NIT (2-1) | |||
9-18 | 2-12 | 8th | DNP | |||
10-17 | 5-9 | 6th | DNP | |||
13-15 | 5-9 | 5th | DNP | |||
16-13 | 6-8 | T-4th | NIT (0-1) | |||
21-13 | 7-7 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-11 | 9-5 | 2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
13-15 | 5-9 | 6th | DNP | |||
20-12 | 6-8 | T-5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
17-12 | 7-7 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
10-18 | 4-10 | 6th | DNP | |||
12-19 | 6-8 | 5th | DNP | |||
21-13 | 5-9 | T-6th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
20-11 | 8-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
14-13 | 4-10 | T-6th | DNP |
- 29-Year Coaching Record: 466-346 (.574) overall
- 39-33 (.542) in three years at Massachusetts
- 209-113 (.649) in 12 years at Michigan
- 218-200 (.522) in 14 years at Iowa State
- 18-12 (.600) in Yankee Conference
- 120-72 (.625) in Big Ten Conference
- 81-117 (.409) in Big Eight Conference
- 7-14 (.333) in Big Eight Tournament
- 10-10 (.500) in NCAA Tournament
- 3-3 (.500) in NIT