Burundi based club Urunani have announced American Michael Seger as their Assistant coach ahead of the Road to BAL 2027.
The American International has been in Uganda for a while now and he currently works with the Rezlife Saints as an assistant coach.
Achievements
Coach Seger has been a huge part of the Uganda Youth Program for while. He has coached at both U18 and U16 and recently he was part of the Gazelles staff at the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket.
Seger’s biggest achievement with the youth National team was in 2025 when the Uganda U16 Boys team finished 5th at the U16 Afrobasket. That was the highest ever finish for a Uganda Boy’s team at this tournament.
In 2023 and 2024 Uganda U16 and U18 Boys teams won the Zone V Afrobasket Championships. Coach Michael was apart of the coaching staff.
He then joined the NBL in 2026 as an assistant for the Rezlife Saints. The team finished as the number 3 seed in the regular season. They then managed to reach the playoffs semi-finals for the very first time.
The Road to BAL
Namuwongo Blazers will host the Road to BAL at the Hoima City Arena from October 21-25 October.
The top 2 teams will then advance to the Elite 16 which shall be played in Nairobi in November. The top 2 sta that stage shall be the ones that advance to the BAL 2027.
The competing teams are, Namuwongo Blazers, Urunani, COSPN, Ushindizi, and Patriots.
About Urunani
Urunani qualified for the Road to BAL 27 after defeating Dynamo 4-3 in the finals.
At the moment, they have made a number of additions to their squad ahead of the Road to BAL.
In their coaching stuff, they have added Michael Seger as an assistant and Rwandese Sunny Niyomugabo who led Patriots to the RBL Finals.
They have added a number of players and these include;
- Jules Lipia
- Karabona Clement
- Garbage Chingka Kennedy
- Mahamane Coulibaly
- Stephaun Bradford Branch
- Prosper Muhire
- Tyrone Jeffrey Stubbs
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