Sean "seangares" Gares has stepped down as head coach of 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #1 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra . Former assistant coach Michael "Mikes" Hockom will replace him.

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Please welcome @MikesHD_ as the new Head Coach for 100 Thieves!

Mike has worked tirelessly as Assistant Coach to refine our roster, and we hold no doubt that he'll shine even brighter in this role.

The torch will be carried into a new era of 100T VALORANT.
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Both seangares and Mikes, alongside Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, joined the 100 Thieves in March as part of a coaching and management overhaul. The change followed a lackluster Stage 1 showing that saw the team exit 1-4 in the group stage.

Under their guidance, the organization quickly made changes, releasing Spencer "Hiko" Martin and signing Derrek "Derrek" Ha, William "Will" Cheng, Brenden "stellar" McGrath, and Sean "bang" Bezerra, leaving Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk as the sole remaining member of the 100T old guard.

The new lineup debuted in Stage 2, where they initially stumbled. The team was unable to qualify for the main event in the first open qualifier, gatekept by TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer , but managed to do so in the second, albeit against lesser competition. A middle-of-the-pack performance in groups let 100T pass through to playoffs, where they exited in the top six after a lost rematch against FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le in the lower bracket.

But mediocrity was not the team's ultimate fate. Having accrued circuit points through adequate-enough placements, 100T was able to participate in the NA LCQ. A loss to FaZe forced the team into the lower bracket, where they began their meteoric run. After eliminating Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #10 OXY Francis Hoang brawk Brock Somerhalder canezerra Alex Banyasz johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid , 100T went on to sweep Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #13 FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli GLYPH Conner Garcia alym Torogul Baidyldaev Derrek Derrek Ha nightz Christian Smith , FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le , and finally The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , qualifying them for Champions.

At Champions, the team dispatched FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #16 kaajak Kajetan Haremski Cloud Kirill Nehozhin in their first taste of international competition. However, a loss to KIWOOM DRX KIWOOM DRX Korea Rank #4 Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) and then FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #16 kaajak Kajetan Haremski Cloud Kirill Nehozhin in a rematch ended their Champions run in the group stage.

The organization most recently released Will and signed XSET XSET Inactive superstar Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban, whose organization was not chosen for the VCT 2023 partnership league.

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