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:












