100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk have announced the release of assistant coach Michael "Mikes" Hockom, marking the end of his two-and-a-half year tenure with the team.
Mikes first joined 100 Thieves as a part of their large coaching staff overhaul in the middle of the 2022 season. He was added as an assistant alongside head coach seangares . Mikes aided in developing the newly revamped player roster that took the organization to their first and only appearance at Champions in that same year.
After the departure of seangares at the end of 2022, Mikes would step into the head coach role for the 2023 season, with former Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago OXY Francis Hoang coach JamezIRL being added as an assistant. With an already international level core of players and the addition of star player Cryocells , many predicted 100 Thieves to be one of the strongest teams from the Americas region with the potential to challenge for international titles. However, the team failed to reach the same heights as the prior year, as they were unable to qualify for any international events, failing to even make it to the playoffs of the Americas league. Many pinned the roster's failure on the lackluster coaching staff, as JamezIRL had been removed from the team very early into the season, leaving Mikes as the sole supporting cast for the roster.
For 2024, 100 Thieves brought on Zikz , previously part of the Champions-winning Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le team, as their new head coach, with Mikes returning to the position of assistant coach. This change, along with the addition of eeiu and Boostio , breathed new life into the roster, as they soared to the top of Americas in Stage 1, qualifying them for Masters Shanghai, where they would place fourth. After Shanghai, however, the team entered a slump, and were unable to qualify for Champions, following a narrow defeat to KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro in playoffs.
Mikes has announced that he will be looking for coaching positions in VCT for the 2025 season.
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