Bill Orr (football coach)

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Bill Orr
Personal information
Full name Bill Orr
Date of birth (1983-05-23) 23 May 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Clydebank, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Team information
Current team
Raith Rovers
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2018–2018 Greenock Juniors (Head of Scouting)
2018–2019 Queens Park (Head of Performance Analysis)
2019–2022 Stirling Albion (First Team Coach)
2022–2023 East Kilbride (Assistant Manager)
2023–2025 Raith Rovers (Head of Performance Analysis)
2026–Present Greenock Morton (First Team Coach)

Bill Orr (born 23 May 1983) is a Scottish football coach/analyst,

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Career

Orr spent more than a decade as a First Team manager in Amateur and Junior football before joining Queen’s Park’s academy as Head of Performance Analysis. He subsequently moved to Stirling Albion, serving as First Team Coach Analyst under manager Kevin Rutkiewicz. When Rutkiewicz was appointed manager of East Kilbride in March 2023, Orr joined him as Assistant Manager where the pair won the Lowland League Cup. Both departed the club following Rutkiewicz’s resignation In March 2023.

In January 2023, Orr was invited by the Football Association of Ireland to work with the Republic of Ireland Under-17 squad.

Following the 2023 takeover of Raith Rovers by a consortium led by Dean McKenzie, Orr was appointed Head of Performance Analysis and Talent Identification. In this role he oversaw technical coaching for first-team players, recruitment, data and performance analysis.

Orr left Raith Rovers in October 2025 to pursue a more coaching-focused role, also expressing disappointment with the handling of manager Ian Murray’s dismissal the previous month.

In January 2026, Orr joined Greenock Morton as First Team Coach under manager Ian Murray. He re-joined Murray’s back-room staff after previously working with him at Raith Rovers

He is recognised as one of the first performance analysts to be employed in the Scottish lower leagues.

Personal life

Orr attended Braidfield high school in Clydebank.

References

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    1. Bill Orr joins Stirling Albion https://www.pressreader.com/uk/stirling-observer/20200520/282260962657396
    2. Management Team update https://www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk/management-team-update/
    3. SATV interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbzDA1_5k4&t=49s
    4. Bill Orr joins Raith Rovers https://www.raithrovers.net/raithtv?vid=1894
    5. Post match interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfHoJWZtPTU
    6. Post match interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIYgNREEnGM&t=12s&pp=ygUIYmlsbCBvcnI%3D
    7. Post match interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfHoJWZtPTU&t=10s