Staff

Our beliefs

Our coaching staff believe in intrinsic motivation and love for the game building as the key to sustained practice toward excellence. We are determined to maximize each young athlete's benefits as a person through the competitive tennis journey. Our goal within the sport for the athletes is to ultimately have #NoRegrets in terms of intent and effort.


ALEX JOHANSSON

DIRECTOR-coach

Philosophy: Tennis is the ultimate tool in development of a great person. The #1 goal I have for my students is to have no regrets when it comes to bravery and effort.

Experience:
2016: Video analyst for ATP players and Texas A&M Men's Team
Founder of RAQTS and Tennis Techie
2013-2016: Founder of Shark Tennis Academy
2008-2013: Co-Founder and Director of Player Dev. Premier Tennis Academy
2002-2008: Coach and Director of Marketing Denton DiLaura Tennis Academy
2001-2003: Asst. Coach Texas A&M CC Men's Team

Certifications:
USPTA Elite Professional
Swedish Tennis Federation Level 2

Racquet Fit

Hobbies:
Family time, Innovating, Skiing

Accomplishments:
Coached #2 National  12's girl (semi final Orange Bowl) 4 years, #1 18s boy in the country, #7 16s girl in Europe
Personally coached over 45 players (for a minimum of 3 years) to tennis scholarships at schools such as USC, UT, MIT, Rice.

PEPI KATSOUPI

Coach

Philosophy: Fear no one but respect everyone. Focus on the journey and let the racquet do the talking as you reach your destination.

Experience:
2017– Present Assistant Coach , Men's and Women's Tennis, Babson College
2016-2018 Tennis Pro at Boston Sports Clubs
2008-2015 Teaching Pro at clubs in Indianapolis, IN and Greece.

Certifications:
B.S. Physical Education & Sport Science
USPTR Certified: 11 to 17 year olds
Hobbies:
Exploring new travel destinations, Making puzzles

Accomplishments:
Member of the Greek National team and competed on the ITF Women's tour.
2018 Conference Finals with both Babson teams
Developed nationally ranked juniors in Greece.

Coached ATP ranked players and top Juniors age 14 and under

Vi Nguyen

  • USPTA, Net Generation, High Performance, and APC- Accredited Profession Coach Certified
    1st year at Longfellow Tennis. Vi will be working at New Hampshire, Wayland and Natick locations
    Over 20 years of teaching tennis
  • Head Tennis Pro at BSC for 12 years- Coached USTA adult league (14 teams: 3 teams went to Nationals and 5 teams went to Sectionals), Northshore League Men (4 teams: Men A1 won the league last year), Women 11 teams: 4 teams won the league), and Junior (2 teams: Boys team make playoffs 3 out of last 4 years and came 2nd this year) – All teams either made playoffs or won the championships
  • Coached Austin Prep Boys Tennis for 5 years and guided the team to the North Finals for the first time
  • Coach children
    *Alan Nguyen – Got Academic and tennis scholarships to Assumptions College. Alan ranked as high as number 2 in 12s, number 8 in 14s and 15 in 16s in New England.
    *Anna Nguyen- Currently rank number 5 in 14s and number 14 in the 16s in NE and top 100 in the Nation for 14s. Anna ranked number 1 in NE in the 12s for more than 2 years and ranked as high as number 5 in the Nation in 12s. She won National Indoor Level 1 12s and under singles (Gold ball winner) and 5th in doubles. Anna’s doubles records are almost as impressive as singles (She won 14s Nationals Level 2, and finalist in 2 others)
  • Also coach many other high rank players around New England area
  • Northeastern University, Computer Engineering
  • Love to play tennis, reading (top read books: The E Myth, Outliers, Company of One, The Great Upheaval, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Make Your Bed, Plyometric For Tennis, Successful Coaching, Mind Gym), yard work, enjoy helping my wife cooking and cleaning ( her food is amazingly good), and we love to spend time with family at Bahamas Resorts

Danny Saltz

Coach


Danny Played 1 at UCLA in singles and doubles in 1983. The team won the ncaas in 1982. He reached a high ranking of 88 ATP (race rankings) in singles and doubles in 1984. Qualified and won the New Zealand open that year in singles . He had wins over Nastase, Fitzgerald, hooper, Sanchez, and Harold Solomon . He played against Lendl, Connor’s, Edberg, and Agassi. He began coaching after the tour , and has developed dozens of juniors for college level , and some pros . Vania king was a student who won 6 grand slam doubles titles . Recently Alex michelsen a former student reached 94 ATP and is the youngest male player in the top 100 at 19 yrs old . His children Caleb is a freshman on the Boston college mens tennis team , his daughter charly will play D-1 college tennis as well in the fall 2024.

Contact: dannysaltz@hotmail.com

Lawrence Perrin

Coach

  • We are excited to welcome Coach Lawrence Perrin who was born & raised in Surrey, England. He began his tennis journey at the age of three. He trained at the prestigious Sutton Tennis Academy in England, known for developing top talents. Lawrence attained an ITF Junior Ranking of 176 and competed at Junior Wimbledon in 2015, achieving multiple Doubles Titles and Singles finals along the way. He travelled the globe, competing in tournaments between 2013-2016 from Great Britain to China, his impressive journey saw him ranked as high as 2nd in Great Britain. Lawrence then went on to play College tennis in the US, playing Division I tennis at both the University of New Mexico and Coastal Carolina, achieving a 2nd position on both teams. 2019-2021 he coached at St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club in Weybridge, England, and for the last year at the Weil Academy in California bringing a wealth of experience to the next generation of players. Lawrence holds LTA Level 1, 2, and 3 coaching qualifications. Lawrence will add to our team mid January and we are thrilled.