Team Spirit reveal new academy coach

31-year-old Russian esports athlete Vladislav "Flash_1" Bykov has taken over as the new coach of Team Spirit's Counter-Strike 2 academy roster. The organization officially announced the news on social media.

Bykov replaced Dmitry "S0tF1k" Forostyanko, who was promoted to the club's main CS2 squad, where he will work alongside Sergey "hally" Shavaev. Flash_1 previously worked with another roster within the club's youth teams, Team Spirit Academy Black.

Notably, several days ago Team Spirit announced hally's return as head coach of the club's Counter-Strike 2 starting five. However, the team is competing at IEM Cologne Major 2026 in Cologne without both coaches.

Origin: t.me