Amyn Mukadam
Academy Co-Director
Coach Amyn first picked up a tennis racket at the age of 9. He continued to play tennis through the juniors and worked his way to a full college scholarship at a division II school, Georgia SouthWestern. He went on to complete his degree in Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
Upon graduation from Georgia Tech, he pursued his passion for competitive Tennis and began training for the an attempt at the USTA/ITF Pro Circuit at the start of 2011.
ITF/USTA Pro Circuit
2011:
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$30k McDonald’s Open [Doubles Quarterfinalist]
2012:
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US Top 500 List on Pro Circuit rankings [#172]
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US OPEN Sectional Qualifying Tournament [Singles Semifinalist]
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$30k McDonald’s Open [Doubles Quarterfinalist]
2013:
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USTA Grass Court National Open [Singles Quarterfinalist]
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USTA Grass Court National Open [Doubles Semifinalist]
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$13k TVOC [Doubles Quarterfinalist]
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Helen Drake Invitational [Singles Winner]
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US Top 500 List on Pro Circuit rankings [Top 150]
2014:
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Banana Open [Singles/Doubles Winner | [$Prize Money$]
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Helen Drake Invitational [Singles Finalist, DNF-weather]
Between 2011-2015 Amyn spent his weeks training his professional game during the mornings and focused on developing and training college-bound junior players for a shot at scholarship Tennis. Between 2011-2020, Amyn personally coached, prepared, and helped with college placement for 5 students in D1 and D2 college programs on scholarship.
During this time, Amyn also embraced opportunities as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) and SCAD Atlanta. Both colleges compete in the NAIA. In 2016, he accepted an offer as the HEAD Coach for the Men's and Women's Tennis program at SCAD Atlanta in which he served in the role until 2020.
Both Men's and Women's Teams achieved high accolades during this time. In just his first season as Head Coach, both teams hit the ground running:
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The Men's team secured a 2nd place finish in the AAC Conference and were a Conference Tournament Semifinalist.
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The Women's team took a step further, won the AAC Conference Tournament (AAC Coach of the Year), made it to the final 16 of the National Tournament, and ended the season with a #15 ranking in the NAIA National Poll.
2017-18 Season
Women's:
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2nd place in AAC Conference
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AAC Tournament Runner-Up
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Buffalo Funds Champions of Character Team Award
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NAIA National Tournament Round of 16
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Season ending #16, season high #14 [NAIA National Poll]
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Individual Rankings: Singles Regional #20
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Doubles Regional #10, National #20 [high of #13]
2018-19 Season
Women's:
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12-10 win-loss record
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2nd place in AAC Conference
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1 Daktronics Scholar-Athlete
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NAIA National Tournament Round of 32
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Season ending #19, season high #13 [NAIA National Poll]
Upon an opportunity to move to New York (2022), Coach Amyn received an offer to be a Coach at SPORTIME Randall’s Island / JMTA New York City in 2022 (John McEnroe Tennis Academy).
Certifications:
USPTA P2 Professional Certificate (Dec. 2012)
Academia Sanchez-Casal and RPT Coach Course completion (Feb. 2012)
Brent Bjerregaard
Academy Co-Director
Brent’s tennis started in the rural town of Leesburg in southwest GA. Tennis was everything but popular. No academies to be found within a 3 hour drive. Curt Bjerregaard was Brent’s trainer/coach/father for the duration of his son’s junior career which started at age 10. Needless to say it’s always very eventful when a parent is trying to teach their child anything much less a difficult sport; especially when the father is trying to learn the sport at the same time. During his junior career Brent was able to compete and qualify in many of the top echelon Jr. USTA tournaments such as the Copper Bowl, Super National Clay Courts and Kalamazoo. By the 18’s he was able to crack the top 100 in the nation in singles and 25 in doubles. He went on to play collegiate tennis at the multiple national championship winning school ABAC. His freshman year ABAC was able to come away with 3rd place at nationals. Transferring from ABAC his junior year he attended Georgia SouthWestern St University. Throughout his 2 years at GSW he competed at the #1 singles and doubles position within the toughest NCAA division 11conference in the nation (the Peach belt). During this time at GSW he met his Wife Leady who also played #1 singles and doubles on the women’s team.
From the minute Brent picked up a racket at age 10 he developed a passion for learning anything and everything about tennis. At age 15 he got the opportunity to share his passion when he became the assistant Pro at Double gate Country Club in Albany, GA. Double Gate was a huge learning experience and stepping stone for him, it was at this point that Brent realized that college tennis wasn’t the endgame; he wanted to make tennis his career. College summers were spent with Adidas Tennis Camps in Mahwah, New Jersey. Brent’s first summer with Adidas he started out as a teaching pro and by the second summer he was made assistant director. Not long after, Adidas had hand-picked him to fly to the country of St. Lucia in the Caribbean to help teach underprivileged youth. After graduating from GSW Head Coach Brennen Sewell offered the Assistant men’s and women’s coaching position. Coach Sewell was very instrumental in Brent’s development as a player and a coach. 3 great seasons went by at GSW. However, in July of 2013 Brent’s wife leady received a job opportunity in Suwanee, GA that she could not refuse. Having played college tennis with Amyn and having met with Billy a few times in the past. Billy gave him the opportunity to join the team with DTA. Working with Coach Billy for close to a year now has further expanded Brent’s knowledge for teaching juniors of all ages. Having coached for more than half of his life Brent hopes to continue to learn and instill his knowledge of tennis with the juniors at DTA.