Career
As a football player Lair played in the lower categories in France. After spending a decade in Stade Briochin and United States Avranches, in 1987 he moved to Football Club Périguex where he had his first experience as a coach, coaching the junior team while playing in the first team He repeated these functions in United States Saint-Malo before making his debut as a player-coach in United States of America Pouancé in 1993.
He subsequently played and coached for Racing Doué, Air Corps Pouzauges, Trélissac Football Club, European Space Agency Briviste and Reims either as a player-coach or training junior teams, before retiring in 2001.
After retiring he was appointed the assistant coach of Stade de Reims, which was promoted in 2002 to Ligue 2 after a decade in lower categories. After first coach Marc Collat was sacked in 2003 he was offered his position, but he declined the offer and moved to AS Angoulême as an assistant coach.
Lair subsequently returned to male amateur football, coaching Castelnau-le-Crès Football Club for two seasons. In 2009 he moved to Benin to coach Espoir de Savalou, but he left the team after a month.
He also coached briefly the Rwanda under-17 national team, also serving as the senior team"s assistant coach, the following year.
In June 2010 Lair returned to France to coach Olympique Lyonnais women"s team, replacing Farid Benstiti. He was nominated for the Fédération internationale de football association Women"s Football World Coach award in 2011 and 2012. He stated that it was the perfect way to leave.
