NRG NRG North America Rank #2 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold has announced the addition of Mitch "mitch" Semago as an assistant coach.

Earlier this year, mitch joined Evil Geniuses Academy Evil Geniuses Academy North America Rank #19 jakee Jake Anderson bdog Brandon Sanders , guiding the team as its IGL. He left the team earlier this week after helping the team through the Challengers Stage 2 Swiss Stage, where it finished with a 4-2 record to qualify for playoffs. In 2025, mitch was Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #13 Xeppaa Erick Bach Zellsis Jordan Montemurro Notexxd Jaden Anderson Jackk Jack Foote OXY Francis Hoang 's IGL, providing stable structure to a team that finished short of expectations the year prior. He was one of the more surprising departures from the squad in the ensuing offseason, which also saw C9 part with neT . mitch began his career with C9 in 2020, peaking with a Champions Berlin appearance in 2021.

In the 2023 and 2024 seasons, mitch competed for Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive , where his time overlapped with bonkar . Playing on a roster headlined by current VCT pros like Verno , skuba , and Reduxx , Oxygen finished just short of reaching the Americas Ascension stage in back-to-back years, finishing fourth behind the likes of M80 M80 North America Rank #9 Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic Spaz Adam Laamoumi Boni NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar alvinboy Alvin Hong , The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify Inactive Pa1nt Amarri Peak Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass BcJ Brendan Jensen brawk Brock Somerhalder , and TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer . In the coaching booth, mitch replaces Strong , who departed the team last month.

NRG rode momentum from its Champions Paris-winning 2025 season into 2026, qualifying for Masters Santiago with the final Americas slot before finishing third in Chile. In Stage 1, though, NRG has begun to show signs of weakness. Holding a 0-2 record with losses to FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #6 nerve Michael Yerrow artzin Arthur Araujo eeiu Daniel Vucenovic koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio alym Torogul Baidyldaev and KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa , NRG sits dead last in Group Omega, with matches against 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #3 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra , Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 supamen Phat Le bao Bao Nguyen dgzin Douglas Silva Paincakes Jake Hass zerona Javan Varela , and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #7 Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Jerrwin Gurjiwan Gill Victor Victor Wong stand-in johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice on the horizon.

NRG NRG North America Rank #2 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)
  • Mitch "mitch" Semago (Assistant coach)