Keith Mair

Alexander Keith Robertson Mair is a New Zealand basketball coach and administrator. He was head coach of the New Zealand men's national basketball team from 1988 to 2000.

Biography Mair was born in Taumarunui in 1944, and grew up there. After leaving school, he studied accountancy at Victoria University of Wellington, and later became a teacher at Timaru Boys' High School. After suffering a knee injury when he was 25 years old, Mair took up basketball coaching.

In 1980, Mair was appointed coach of the New Zealand under-20 team, before becoming assistant coach of the national men's side, the Tall Blacks, in 1984. He was appointed head coach of the Wales men's national basketball team in 2015, and is chair of Basketball Wales.

In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mair was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to basketball.