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Lorraine May Landon (born 29 January 1947) is an Australian basketball administrator and former player and coach. She was introduced to the game of basketball through the Bankstown Bruins and represented the New South Wales team between 1968 and 1975. Landon was general manager of the Bankstown Association and the Bankstown Basketball Stadium's manager and was the volunteer tea manager of the Australia women's national basketball team (Australia Opals). She was subsequently appointed manager of the National Basketball League's (NBL) Sydney Kings and the Women's National Basketball League's (WNBL) Sydney Uni Flames and guided both the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team (Australian Rollers) and the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team (Australia Gliders) to Paralympic success. Landon is an inductee of the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame and received honours such as the FIBA Order of Merit and the Australian Sports Medal.
In 1989, Landon became the first woman to hold the post of manager in either the men's and women's competitions when she was appointed manager of both the National Basketball League's (NBL) Sydney Kings and the Women's National Basketball League's (WNBL) Sydney Uni Flames. The Flames won two WNBL championships and the Kings lasted until the NBL finals five times during her time at the two teams. She left both posts in 1997. The following year, Landon was made competition manager for basketball and competition manager for Intellectual Disability Basketball, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. She guided the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team (Australian Rollers) to gold and silver medals in Paralympic competition as well as a World Championship bronze. Landon helped the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team (Australia Gliders) win Paralympic bronze and silver medals.
Landon served on international and national basketball organisations for about three decades, including as the WNBL's executive director, a Basketball NSW (BNSW) board member of its sports advisory committee (the only female to hold the post), vice-president of the international governing body FIBA's women commission for 11 years, is a director of both the Director for Sport Inclusion Australia and the Western Sydney Academy of Sport, and a life member of the BNSW and the Bankstown club. She discussed with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation executives her concern about the broadcaster's proposals to discard its live coverage of nationals sport in 2001.
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