M80 M80 North America Rank #1 has signed former Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #5 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid assistant coach Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth as their new head coach.

Just over four months removed from a full release of its roster, M80 has turned the page to a new chapter in its Valorant story, beginning a full-scale rebuild. DrewSpark, the first piece of that rebuild, brings vast experience. He had been with Sentinels for the past two seasons, first as an analyst and then as an assistant to head coach kaplan . Before that, he was with XSET XSET Inactive as an analyst up until its disbandment.

Since the inception of the Ascension tournament, M80 has been one of the strongest teams in professional Valorant's second tier. In 2023, they reached the grand final of Americas Ascension, falling to The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , who would go on to be known as G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #4 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf . In the 2024 rendition, they again fell short in the Americas Ascension grand final, falling to Brazilian squad 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #1 gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita .

The fallout of the grand final loss saw the organization part ways with its entire roster, leaving questions surrounding its future in Valorant.

Four of last season's five players have found new homes already, with zander at 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , koalanoob at Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #22 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio , neT at Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #8 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang , and BcJ at Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify North America Rank #9 Pa1nt Amarri Peak Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass BcJ Brendan Jensen brawk Brock Somerhalder . That means that DrewSpark will be tasked with a complete ground-up rebuild of the organization.

M80 M80 North America Rank #1 's full roster is now:

  • Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth (Head Coach)