seangares leaves 100 Thieves, Mikes fills head coach role

100 Thieves have announced today that Sean "seangares" Gares has unexpectedly stepped down from his head coach role as he wants to focus on content creation. To fill his shoes, the assistant coach, Michael "Mikes" Hockom, has been promoted to the head coach position for the team.

100 Thieves invested more into its VALORANT division at the beginning of the 2022 season. seangares was one of the new arrivals, making his return to the professional scene even though as a head coach. He previously live-streamed under the Gen.G organization before making his return to the competitive world. 100 Thieves first made it to the VCT 2022: North America Stage 2 Challengers and then qualified for VALORANT Champions 2022 after winning the NA LCQs. seangares was the head coach of the team during the process and Mikes was his assistant.

seangares will make his return to content creation once again and we might also be able to see him on official match streams. As you might remember, he had also worked as an analyst and commentator for VALORANT matches. Apart from that, 100 Thieves will continue its way with Mikes as the head of the coaching staff. In the announcement video, ddk mentioned how important his role was on 100 Thieves’ road to VALORANT Champions 2022.

With the latest change, 100 Thieves’ roster for the VCT 2023 Americas League roster is:

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia (General Manager) Michael "Mikes" Hockom (Head Coach)