Paul Michael Weir (born June 12, 1979)[2] is the president of St. Michael's High School, a private Catholic school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Weir was previously associate vice president for athletics at Abilene Christian University from 2023–26, and athletic director at Eastern New Mexico University from 2021–23.[3]
 Weir in 2018 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 12, 1979 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–1999 | York |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2003 | Don Bosco Catholic |
| 2004–2005 | Northwestern State (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 2007–2016 | New Mexico State (assistant) |
| 2016–2017 | New Mexico State |
| 2017–2021 | New Mexico |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2021–2023 | Eastern New Mexico[1] |
| 2023–2026 | Abilene Christian University (Associate Vice President for Athletics) |
| 2026–present | St. Michael's High School (President) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 86–69 (.555) (college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WAC tournament (2017) | |
Weir earned a doctorate degree in educational leadership from New Mexico State University in 2019. He also holds three master's degrees: in health and human performance from Northwestern State (2005); sports psychology from Iowa (2010); and business administration from New Mexico State (2012).[3] Weir grew up in Toronto, Canada and graduated from Iona Catholic Secondary School, earning all-regional and city honors playing point guard for the basketball team. He earned a bachelor's degree from York University in Toronto in 2004.[4]
Weir was formerly head men's basketball coach of the University of New Mexico from 2017 to 2021.[5] He was previously head coach of New Mexico State for one season, going 28–6 and winning the Western Athletic Conference tournament. He was an assistant at NMSU from 2007 to 2016, including five seasons as associate head coach.[6] Prior to that he spent two years as an assistant coach under Steve Alford at the University of Iowa, and served as director of basketball operations at Northwestern State for one season. Weir began his coaching career as head coach of Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School in Toronto from 1999 to 2003.[6] He also served as an assistant coach for the Costa Rica national basketball team and head coach of the Canada U-19 team.[4]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico State Aggies (Western Athletic Conference) (2016–2017) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | New Mexico State | 28–6 | 11–3 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| New Mexico State: | 28–6 (.824) | 11–3 (.786) | |||||||
| New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West Conference) (2017–2021) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | New Mexico | 19–15 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2018–19 | New Mexico | 14–18 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2019–20 | New Mexico | 19–14 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2020–21 | New Mexico | 6–16 | 2–15 | 11th | |||||
| New Mexico: | 58–63 (.479) | 28–43 (.394) | |||||||
| Total: | 86–69 (.555) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ↑ Houser, John (July 15, 2021). "Dr. Paul Weir Appointed Eastern New Mexico University Director of Athletics". enmu.edu. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Paul Weir, Director of Basketball Operations" (PDF). Iowa Basketball 2007 Media Guide. University of Iowa. 2006. p. 25.
- 1 2 Geoff Grammer, Former Lobos basketball coach Paul Weir named president of St. Michael's High in Santa Fe, Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2026.
- 1 2 Dr. Paul Weir, golobos.com
- ↑ Geoff Grammar, Lobos hire NMSU’s Paul Weir as next men’s basketball coach, Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2017
- 1 2 Profile, New Mexico State Sports Official Site