NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold has parted ways with assistant coach Joseph "Strong" Edwards by way of mutual agreement.

"Unfortunate situation, but life is life," Strong said, sharing that he is a free agent open to offers from VCT regions worldwide while also open to being on the desk or doing content. "Thank you to all the fans (of NRG and otherwise) for supporting [me] over the last 18 months. Sucks that it's ending, but you all made this an unforgettable period of my life. Best time I've ever had by far in a decade of Esports. Time to put together something special once again."

Strong has been in the professional Valorant scene since 2021, but has also coached League of Legends in the past as well, namely coaching for TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer and Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #9 purp0 Semyon Borchev wayne Wayne Chang MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak 's LoL teams. He joined NRG in the offseason following the 2024 season, beginning his first Valorant coaching stint outside Europe after spending the past two years with Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #10 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu and earlier with the likes of OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive , HONK HONK Inactive synsi Jere Virtanen Cloud Kirill Nehozhin Dreamas Aurimas Zablockis Destrian Tomas Linikas trexx Nikita Cherednichenko , and Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo . In his first season helping the NRG coaching booth, Strong worked with bonkar to help NRG lift two offseason trophies, taking home the SEN City Classic and SOOP Valorant League trophies before the start of the 2025 season.

When NRG benched head coach bonkar after a disappointing Americas Kickoff, Strong worked with former 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #3 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra and ENVY ENVY North America Rank #5 Eggsterr Evan Grady P0PPIN Matteo Weber Demon1 Max Mazanov Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo keznit Angelo Mori head coach Mikes through Stage 1. With NRG behind in the Championship Point standings ahead of Stage 2, it released MikeS and reinstated bonkar as head coach, resulting in a second-place finish and a qualification to Champions Paris. Once NRG arrived in France, the rest was history. The North American squad went on an undefeated run, going 2-0 in the same group as defending world champions EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #2 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) and eventual podium finishers Kiwoom DRX Kiwoom DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) . In the playoffs, NRG shut down an MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #4 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos team armed with former player Verno and former world champion aspas , and then went on to defeat EMEA giants FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder in the Upper Final and Grand Final to claim Americas' second-ever Champions trophy.

In 2026, NRG claimed the region's last Masters Santiago slot in the lower bracket of Americas Kickoff. Once in Santiago, looked strong but faltered against Pacific sides, losing to Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov twice across three meetings as well as eventual winners Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) in the Upper Final.

With Americas Stage 1 two weeks away from kicking off, NRG looks set to begin its path to qualifying for Masters London. In Group Omega alongside Kickoff champions FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #3 nerve Michael Yerrow artzin Arthur Araujo eeiu Daniel Vucenovic koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio alym Torogul Baidyldaev and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Jerrwin Gurjiwan Gill Victor Victor Wong stand-in johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice , NRG owns a combined 9-7 record in VCT play against its groupmates since the start of the 2024 season.

NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold 's full roster is now:

  • Ethan "Ethan" Arnold
  • Georgio "keiko" Sanassy
  • Brock "brawk" Somerhalder
  • Adam "mada" Pampuch
  • Logan "skuba" Jenkins
  • Zachary "Ry" Parr (Manager)
  • Malkolm "bonkar" Rench (Head coach)