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Team Canada Junior National Team coach Paul Weir, left, instructs players during his team’s game against Puerto Rico on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Daugavpils, Latvia, in the FIBA U19 World Cup. Weir, the former UNM Lobos and NMSU Aggies head coach, and his Canadian team went 3-0 in group play and won their first two bracket games to advance to play Team USA in Saturday’s semifinal round in Latvia. (Courtesy FBA.basketball)
In 2017, just months after being hired on as the head coach of the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team, Paul Weir was invited to be on the staff of the Canadian Junior National Team for the FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt.