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We are joined by Dr. Paul Weir, Head Men's Basketball Coach at University of New Mexico.  Coach Weir offers engaged and thoughtful dialogue with host Pat Price, covering his career in the coaching profession and the program he is building with the Lobos.After serving ten seasons at rival New Mexico State, including his final season as Head Coach, Weir headed to Albuquerque where he is now heading into this 4th season.   Coach Weir came to UNM after a 10-year stint, with New Mexico State University. In his first nine seasons as an assistant at New Mexico State, the Aggies made five NCAA Tournament appearances along with three regular-season Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships  In his 10th season, Weir was named head coach, and following season he took the the Rio Grande Rivalry between the two schools to a new level when he accepted a contract to go across to University of New Mexico.  He discusses the rivalry and why it particularly matters in his region. In the summer of 2017, Weir joined Team Canada’s junior national team as an assistant coach as they defeated USA in the semifinals of the FIBA U19 World Cup. Team Canada would go on to win Gold after downing Italy 79-60. Previously, in the summer of 2015, Weir served as an assistant coach with the Costa Rican National team. He chats with Price about a few of  his likes and dislikes from his FIBA experiences Weir got his start in collegiate basketball as an assistant for Mike McConathy at Northwestern State (La.) -That's a long way from his hometown of Toronto, and he'll explain how it kickstarted his college coaching career. The two discuss Coach Weir's early development a opportunities as a young coach,and they cover advice for young coaches, as well as dealing with the media, his honesty with players, and creating a data-driven competitive culture within the team.