Head coach Louis-Victor "Mephisto" Legendre evaluated his team’s growth, what needs to be improved still, and how he perceives other teams in the LEC.
On November 8, T1 announced that they part ways with interim head coach Son "Stardust" Seok-hee. In their tweet, they said, "At the request of 'Stardust', we part ways as he looks for a new opportunity. We truly appreciate his contributions to the team and wish him all the best in the future."
Years after winning three back to back EU LCS titles and attending two Worlds, former G2 Esports trio Perkz, Zven, and Mithy rejoined forces on Cloud9, this time with Mithy as a coach rather than a support. Read Mithy's expectations and reflections here:
Before the LCS Lock-In, we spoke with Jatt about his first off-season as a coach and how he prepared the team with a new roster, coaching staff, and mentality to help them level up in 2021. Read his thoughts here:
Ahead of the 2021 season, Goldenglue took off his player hat and donned a coaching hat in its place, becoming the new head coach for the 100 Thieves Academy roster. We spoke with Goldenglue about his player career, his new role, and his expectations. Read and watch the interview here:
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Kim “Micro” Mok-kyoung is DAMWON Gaming. Micro had been a coach in several different teams before he took the challenge of creating his
After the 2020 season, Team Liquid announced the departure of much of their coaching staff. Now they're announcing two new members to their staff, Spawn and Kold, with Yaltz moving up to head analyst. Check out their completed staff here:
Cloud9 has released yet another interview with recent addition to the org, streamer IWDominate, speaking to their new LCS head coach, Reignover, and Founder and CEO, Jack Etienne. See the interview here and catch why the team made the changes they made:
Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
SANDBOX Gaming has signed Kim “Micro” Mok-kyoung as their new head coach. Micro started coaching in Incredible Miracle and later coached Kongdoo Monster. In 2017, Micro established DAMWON
Late Wednesday, June 24th, Immortals announced they'd released head coach, Thomas "Zaboutine" Si-Hassen, and GM, Keaton Cryer. They've been temporarily replaced by LA Valiant GM, Mike Schwartz, and IMT assistant coach and analyst, GoToOne and Malaclypse, respectively.
Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
MAD Lions has bet on a roster made almost entirely of rookies for the year of 2020 of the League of Legends European Championship, and it turns out to be a rather successful move. Currently in 5th place, the Lions have outperformed giants like Fnatic and G2 Esports. Head Coach James "Mac" MacCormack talks about his relationship with the team and what they need to keep pushing forward in standings.
Aftersecuring their first win of the season, CLG's Division Coach, Weldon "Weldon" Green, spoke with Inven Global about the team's narratives, reality, and mindset as they stabilize and press forward into the season.
Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong has retired. He had debuted in 2013 and was in his 7th year, a support at the age of 25. His age wasn't that young, but it wasn't too old to stepping back from his pro
On the 26th (KST), T1 announced that they have signed Kim Jeong-soo as their new head coach. This confirms that Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun will not be the head coach of the team next year. Kim
100 Thieves have welcomed Tony "Zikz" Gray as their new head coach in an announcement video with new GM Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith. Zikz and PapaSmithy will build out their roster and plan for new growth moving forward.
Yoon ‘Justice’ Seok-joon, the sub Mid laner for SANDBOX announced his retirement, and Coach Lim ‘Comet’ Hye-sung and Lee ‘Dragon’ Jun-yong have mutually parted ways with SANDBOX.
On the 25th (KST), Jin Air Green Wings have announced that they have mutually parted ways with the head coach of the League of Legends squad, Han 'H Dragon' Sang-yong.
On the 1st (KST), SANDBOX has announced that they have mutually parted ways with their head coach, Yoo ‘Sally’ Eui-joon.
