Bernard Muir
{{short description|American college athletics administrator (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bernard Muir
| image =
| caption =
| current_title = Athletic director
| current_team = Stanford
| current_conference = ACC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|7|22}}
| birth_place = Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
| alma_mater = Brown University
Ohio University
| player_sport1 = Basketball
| player_years2 = 1986–1990
| player_team2 = Brown
| player_positions = Forward
| admin_years1 = 2000–2003
| admin_team1 = Notre Dame (assoc. AD)
| admin_years2 = 2003–2004
| admin_team2 = Notre Dame (senior assoc. AD)
| admin_years3 = 2004–2005
| admin_team3 = Notre Dame (deputy AD)
| admin_years4 = 2005–2009
| admin_team4 = Georgetown
| admin_years5 = 2009–2012
| admin_team5 = Delaware
| admin_years6 = 2012–present
| admin_team6 = Stanford
}}
Bernard Montgomery Muir (born July 22, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator who is currently the athletic director at Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Muir served in the same position at the University of Delaware and Georgetown University.
Early life and education
Born in Gainesville, Florida, Muir attended Brown University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior and management and played basketball, serving as the team's co-captain in his senior year.{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/staff.aspx?staff=37|title=Bernard Muir Biography|accessdate=May 8, 2017|publisher=Stanford University}}{{cite news
|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120809/ARTICLES/120809546?p=all&tc=pgall
|title=Stanford AD Muir hasn't forgotten Gainesville roots
|newspaper=The Gainesville Sun
|last=Brockway
|first=Kevin
|date=August 9, 2012
|accessdate=December 9, 2013
}} He went on to earn a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University.
Sports administration career
Muir worked as assistant director of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and then joined the staff of Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White. In 2005, Muir was named athletic director at Georgetown University, and in 2009, was hired in the same position at the University of Delaware.
In 2012, following the departure of Bob Bowlsby to head the Big 12 Conference, Stanford named Muir as its seventh athletic director.
Muir serves on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee, which among other duties, serves as the selection committee for the NCAA Tournament.
On February 24, 2025, Muir announced that he would step down as Stanford Cardinal athletic director at the conclusion of the 2024–25 academic year.{{Cite web |last=Thamel |first=Pete |date=2025-02-25 |title=Stanford AD Muir to step down after 13 years |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44001495/bernard-muir-expected-resign-stanford-athletic-director |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
Personal life
Muir and his wife, Liz, have two daughters.
In December 2014, Muir was announced as one of the six recipients of the 2015 Silver Anniversary Awards, presented annually by the NCAA to outstanding former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers. The award is based on both athletic and professional success.{{cite press release|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2014-12-04/ncaa-honors-six-former-athletes-silver-anniversary-awards |title=NCAA honors six former athletes with Silver Anniversary Awards |publisher=NCAA |date=December 4, 2014 |accessdate=December 20, 2014}}
References
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