Paul Michael Weir (born June 12, 1979) is the athletic director at

Eastern New Mexico University Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU or Eastern) is a public university with a main campus in Portales, New Mexico, and two associate degree-granting branches, one at Ruidoso and one at Roswell. ENMU is New Mexico's largest regional comprehensiv ...

. He is the former head men's basketball coach of the

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, having been named head coach on April 11, 2017 as the successor to

Craig Neal Craig Duane Neal (born February 16, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is currently the associate head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). He was selected by the Portland Tr ...

, his second head coaching position at the college level.Geoff Grammar
Lobos hire NMSU’s Paul Weir as next men’s basketball coach
Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2017 Weir was also the head coach of

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(NMSU) for one season, going 28–6 and winning the

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tournament. He was an assistant at NMSU from 2007 to 2016, including five seasons as associate head coach.Profile
New Mexico State Sports Official Site Prior to that he spent two years as an assistant coach under

Steve Alford Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). Born and raised in Indiana, he was a ...

at the

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, and served as director of basketball operations at

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for one season. Weir began his coaching career as head coach of

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in Toronto from 1999 to 2003. He also served as an assistant coach for the

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in 2015. Weir grew up in Toronto, Canada and graduated from

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while earning all regional and city honors playing point guard for the basketball team. He earned a bachelor's degree from

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in Toronto in 2004. He earned a master's degree in health and human performance from Northwestern State in 2005, added a second master's degree in sports psychology from Iowa in 2010, and a third master's degree in business administration from New Mexico State in 2012. He is currently enrolled in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at NMSU. Weir is one of four Canadian-born NCAA Division I men's basketball head coaches all-time, joining

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Pete Newell Peter Francis Newell (August 31, 1915 – November 17, 2008) was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University, and the Univer ...

, and Maurice Joseph. He is the head coach of Canada U-19 team replacing NBA assistant coach Roy Rana.

Head coaching record

References

External links

New Mexico profile

New Mexico State profile
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