Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne has expanded its coaching booth, welcoming in Derren "Aimix Strange" dela Cruz as an assistant coach and Sam "Fields" Greenfield as an analyst. The two well-traveled coaches will look to support newly promoted head coach Daniel "Platoon" Zhou in the coaching booth, who spent one game alone in the GE coaching booth in Pacific Stage 2.

For the second time in the past two seasons, but for different reasons, Global Esports has had a mid-season change in the head coaching position. While last year it was Elevated who went from assistant coach to head coach, this year it is Platoon, who went from analyst to head coach following a reported internal fallout between FrosT and members of the team.

While Platoon entered his first match as head coach alone, he left with a convincing 2-0 victory over Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #6 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Xan Xan Ng Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh . Heading into week two against FrosT's FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Killua Tanate Teerasawad primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut , he will be joined by two experienced individuals.

Aimix Strange (far left) and Fields ahead of Pacific Ascension 2025. Aimix Strange (far left) and Fields ahead of Pacific Ascension 2025. (Photos by Riot Games)

Aimix Strange joins as Platoon's right-hand man in the coaching booth. The assistant coach just finished his Challengers season as the head coach of NAOS NAOS Inactive Papi Federico Evangelista Secre Lucas Gruenberg Yukxx Yukee Lampa Mojer Jerome Literal LoyDreaM John Loyd Tanay , where he had long been a key figure. Since joining during the Filipino org's first year of Valorant, Aimix has been the team's head coach, working with the likes of Papi , Xan , PTC , and, of course, current GE players xavi8k and PatMen .

Also joining the force is Fields, who also joins following the conclusion of a Challengers team's season. He was with BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra for the past two years, first as an assistant coach and then as the head coach this season. He's well-traveled, having coached at Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh , F9 Hetic F9 Hetic Inactive LeeN Adam Caillol b2kk Sofian Delimi vicious Benjamin Guilotte , and a number of orgs across Europe.

The pair of coaches crossed paths a handful of times. Last year, NAOS and BOOM both competed at Pacific Ascension, but the two sides did not play. They did clash at Pacific Ascension 2024, where Fields' BOOM team got the better of NAOS in the first round.

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