The New York Excelsior New York Excelsior OWL Rank #18 Gangnamjin Gang Nam-jin (강남진) flex support Myunb0ng Seo Sang-min (서상민) flex support Flora Lim Young-woo (임영우) dps Yaki Kim Jun-gi (김준기) dps Kellan Kim Min-jae tank have promoted assistant coach IMT to the head coach position.
We’re excited to officially announce @OWimt as your NYXL head coach in #OWL2020. As the driving force behind our #OWL2019 playoff run, we can't wait to see what he'll do in 2020 and beyond.
— NYXL (@NYXL) November 19, 2019
Learn more about his background → https://t.co/dtnmULiTme#EverUpward pic.twitter.com/NRskPRXkrB
IMT will take the place of former head coach Pavane, who moved to the London Spitfire as an assistant coach last month.
IMT joined the Excelsior in December last year. Prior to the Excelsior, he made YouTube content on Overwatch analysis.
Aside from IMT, the Excelsior's current staff includes coach Garrincha and assistant coach zet.
The Excelsior finished in third place this season. They qualified for the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions, and were eliminated in the lower-bracket finals by eventual champions the San Francisco Shock.