Seol “indigo” Do-hoon and Lee “CheongGak” Il-ho have been added to T1’s backroom staff for the next season.
SOUTH KOREA – T1 have revealed two new additions to their coaching staff: Seol “indigo” Do-hoon and Lee “CheongGak” Il-ho. These coaches will be working alongside Head Coach Yoon “Autumn” Eu-teum for the 2025 VCT season, as the organization’s CEO has also announced a return to an all-Korean roster next year.
Indigo brings experience from coaching T1 Academy in 2022 and most recently guided Nongshim RedForce in the 2024 Challengers Korea circuit. Under his coaching, Nongshim RedForce finished third in Split 1 and second in Split 2, coming close to qualifying for VCT Ascension Pacific Jakarta, missing by just three rounds on the fifth map.
Another familiar face will be back next year, as CheongGak returns to T1 after previously helping the team during the 2023 VCT season to qualify for both Masters Tokyo and Champions Los Angeles, while also securing a third-place finish in the domestic Pacific league.
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This year, CheongGak made a move across borders to join the coaching staff of Wolves Esports in the VCT CN League, although the team’s performance was less than ideal, finishing in 9th place. CheongGak took to Twitter to express himself, saying in Korean, “I will work hard as much as you have given me another opportunity.”
Before coaching in VALORANT, both indigo and CheongGak had similar backgrounds to Autumn in PUBG PC. Indigo played for OGN Entus Force from 2018 to 2020 and also for ENTER FORCE.36 in 2021-2022. Although they weren’t on the same team, Autumn was also associated with the OGN organization as a coach for OGN Entus Ace.
On the other hand, CheongGak made a name for himself with DPG Danawa and Maru Gaming, wrapping up his PUBG PC career in 2022 before making the switch to VALORANT.
With this addition, T1 currently have:
- 🇰🇷 Ham “iZu” Woo-joo
- 🇰🇷 Kim “stax” Gu-taek
- 🇰🇷 Lee “Carpe” Jae-hyeok
- 🇮🇩 Kevin “xccurate” Susanto
- 🇰🇷 Yoon “Autumn” Eu-teum (Head coach)
- 🇰🇷 Seol “indigo” Do-hoon (Coach)
- 🇰🇷 Lee “CheongGak” Il-ho (Coach)
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Cover photo courtesy of T1
