Former Team Secret coach Evan “Warbirds” Olzem has been named the assistant coach of RRQ for the upcoming 2025 season.
INDONESIA – Rex Regum Qeon have announced the signing of Evan “Warbirds” Olzem as an assistant coach, bringing the 26-year-old American back to the VCT Pacific League after his release from Team Secret in May.
At RRQ, Warbirds joins the backroom staff led by Marthinus “Ewok” Walt and will be an assistant coach as the squad prepares for the two OFF//SEASON events and the upcoming 2025 VCT Pacific season.
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Warbirds served as the head coach of Team Secret for the entirety of the 2023 season and the early part of the following season. The Filipino team ended up finishing 5th-6th in the League and also missed out on qualifying for VALORANT Champions Los Angeles through the LCQ after losing the grand finals to ZETA DIVISION.
Heading into the OFF//SEASON, Team Secret claimed victory at the 2024 APAC Predator League on their home turf in Manila, defeating Japan’s FAV Gaming.
However, his tenure with Team Secret came to an end after Stage 1 of this year, which saw the team finish 5th at Kickoff and 5th-6th in Stage 2. The rebuild of the Filipino roster last May involved promoting Tim “dummy” Olson to lead the squad, along with the additions of Brheyanne “Wild0reoo” Reyes and James “2GE” Goopio.
Warbirds will make his debut with RRQ this month when the team heads to Japan for the Red Bull Home Ground APAC Play-In on October 19-20.
RRQ now have:
- 🇮🇩 David “xffero” Monangin
- 🇮🇩 Cahya “Monyet” Nugraha
- 🇰🇷 Park “Estrella” Gun
- 🇷🇺 Maksim “Jemkin” Batorov
- 🇮🇩 Bryan “Kush” Setiawan
- 🇿🇦 Marthinus “Ewok” Walt (Head coach)
- 🇺🇸 Evan “Warbirds” Olzem (Assistant coach)
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