However, Toronto Raptors’ assistant coach Eric Khoury managed to make a unique pivot from his degree towards a full-time role with his childhood team. While searching for opportunities in his field, Khoury saw an application open for an internship with the Raptors and it was all up from there. Khoury saw similarities between the collection of lage data sets generated from positional tracking in the NBA to his work in analyzing data in fluid dynamics. Then in 2022, he became the head coach of the Raptors’ G-League affiliate, Raptors 905. “Show you have a skill set, even if it’s not directly applicable into a field that you’re interested in,” advised Khoury.