A's & Aces

"providing academic assistance, life skills and tennis to New Orleans public school children"

Partner University Coaches

Burzis Kanga

Men's & Women's Head Coach
University of New Orleans

Burzis Kanga is the UNO's head coach for the restored men's and women's tennis programs and previously coached at UNO from 1986-89 and again from 2003-06 before the program was halted due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A native of Tanzania in East Africa, Coach Kanga played at UNO from 1980-1983, prior to earning his Bachelors of Science in Business in 1984. Coach Kanga is a USPTA Professional 1.

A long-time Board Member of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Coach Kanga served as the Sports Commissioner for Tennis for the 1996 AAU Junior Olympic Games.

Coach Green received a M.A. degree in Counseling from Xavier University. Since 2002 he has been the Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams at Xavier. Since Coach Green took over the teams, both the Gold Rush and the Gold Nuggets has qualified for the NAIA Region XIII Tournament every year.  Coach Green brought the teams to their highest national ranking ever and in 2007 became the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) Coach of the Year. His men have a four-year record of 62-53 in dual matches and won two GCAC championships. The women's team reached the second round of the 2008 NAIA National Championship.

Coach Green was a standout player at Xavier. He and his wife, Brandy, have two daughters.