Lois Muir

Dame Lois Joan Muir DNZM OBE (née Osborne; born 16 April 1935) is a New Zealand netball coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and basketball player.

[1] During this time she coached the Silver Ferns to World Championships gold in 1979 (jointly with Australia and Trinidad and Tobago) and in 1987.

[2] Born in Mataura on 16 April 1935, Muir was educated at Gore High School.

[3] Muir was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to netball, in the 1984 New Year Honours,[5] and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

[1] In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Muir was appointed as a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of services to sports administration and netball.