Bowling Green State University Athletics
Ed Orr Named Head Athletic Trainer
June 19, 2002 | General
June 19, 2002
Bowling Green, Ohio - Ed Orr has been selected to oversee the intercollegiate sports medicine program at BGSU. Orr, who will oversee a crew of more than 20 student and certified athletic trainers, comes to BG after spending seven years on the athletic training staff at the University of Arizona.
While at UA, Orr served as the head athletic trainer for that school's men's basketball team while also working with the Wildcat women's volleyball team. During his stay in Tucson, the men's basketball squad earned a national championship (1997) and posted a national runner-up finish (2001).
"I think this is a wonderful opportunity," said Orr. "I am looking forward to working with a lot of great people at BGSU."
Orr also assisted with the UA football team during preseason camp and during home games. He oversaw six graduate assistant trainers and 15 student workers. He interned with the NFL's Carolina Panthers during the summer of 2001.
Orr's experience also includes serving as an assistant athletic trainer for the United States Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colo., during 1994-95. He also worked with USA Basketball at the 2001 World University Games (Beijing, China), the 2000 World Championships for Young Men (Riberao Preto, Brazil) and the 1998 Goodwill Games (New York City).
Orr received a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training and physical education from Washington State University in 1991, and earned a Master of Science in exercise and sport sciences from UA in 1994. He has taken courses in the doctoral program at UA.
He and his wife, Heather, have a son Luke (3), and a daughter, Kennedy, nine months.
