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'''Dame Lois Joan Muir''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DNZM|OBE}} (née '''Osborne'''; born 16 April 1935) is a New Zealand [[netball]] coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and [[basketball]] player. Muir represented New Zealand in two sports, playing with the [[Tall Ferns]] from 1952 to 1962 and the [[Silver Ferns]], player #27, from 1960 to 1963. She later became head coach (#4) of the [[Silver Ferns]] for 15 years from 1974 to 1988.<ref name=Hodge>{{cite news|last=Hodge|first=Peter|title=Lois Muir Elected Netball New Zealand President|publisher=Infonews|url=http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&t=24&id=138|date=27 February 2007|accessdate=29 June 2009}}</ref>

During this time she coached the Silver Ferns to World Championships gold in 1979 (jointly with [[Australia national netball team|Australia]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago national netball team|Trinidad and Tobago]]) and in 1987.<ref>[http://www.netballnz.co.nz/default.aspx?s=history Netball New Zealand: History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221012015/http://www.netballnz.co.nz/default.aspx?s=History |date=21 December 2007 }}; retrieved 29 June 2009.</ref>

Born in Mataura on 16 April 1935, Muir was educated at [[Gore High School]]. In 1949, at the age of 14, she played her first National game when her Southland Center Netball team won their regional tournament and then went on to the National competition. She later attended [[Otago Girls' High School]] in [[Dunedin]].<ref name="NNZ">{{cite book |title=Notable New Zealanders |page=332 |publisher=Paul Hamblyn |location=Auckland |year=1979 |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Desney |ISBN=086832020X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/82745/otago-girls-high-school-honours-its-olympians|title=Otago Girls High School honours its Olympians|date=20 November 2009|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |accessdate=12 July 2013|first=Alistair|last=McMurran}}</ref>

In 1955, she married [[Murray Muir]], and the couple went on to have three children.<ref name="NNZ" />

Muir was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to netball, in the [[1984 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1984 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49584 |date=31 December 1983 |page=34 |supp=2}}</ref> and was inducted into the [[New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1993.<ref name=Hodge/> With the start of the Coca-Cola Cup (later the [[National Bank Cup]]) in 1998, she became coach of the [[Capital Shakers]] team.

In August 1998, Muir was diagnosed with breast cancer. She continued to coach the Shakers until the end of the 2000 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Troughton|first=Jamie|title=Muir says adieu, happy with progress|work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]]|date=2 June 2000|page=28}}</ref> She also took up a coaching position with the [[Otago Rebels]] until the end of 2005.<ref name=Hodge/>

In the [[2004 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2004 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2004 |date=7 June 2004 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> She accepted redesignation as a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] in 2009, following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government.<ref>[http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/d7761a3b0258fb29cc257612004d01c2!OpenDocument Special Honours List] (12 August 2009) 118 ''[[New Zealand Gazette]]'' 2691</ref>

In 2024, in celebration of the centennial of [[Netball New Zealand]], Muir was named as one of the inaugural 12 inductees to the [[Netball New Zealand Hall of Fame]], and was one of three who were elevated to Icon status.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/510089/netball-new-zealand-start-hall-of-fame |title=Netball New Zealand start Hall of Fame |date=24 February 2025 |work=[[RNZ News]] |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/Inductees/M/Lois-Muir.aspx Lois Muir profile], nzhalloffame.co.nz; retrieved 13 March 2017.

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