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Kkoma Announced as Vici Gaming Head Coach

By Vince Nairn

Kkoma will be the new head coach of the ViCi Gaming League of Legends Team
Kkoma will be the new head coach of the ViCi Gaming League of Legends Team / Photo courtesy of Riot Games

Jeong-gyun "kkoma" Kim, the legendary League of Legends coach, is officially a member of ViCi Gaming.

The Chinese esports organization announced the transaction Monday, as was first reported by ESPN last month.

The 33-year-old kkoma was with SK Telecom T1 since 2012 and won three League of Legends world championships. SKT won the world championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016, which makes kkoma the only three-time champion coach in the game's history.

Kkoma is most notably linked to Sang-hyeok "Faker" Lee, the legendary mid laner for SKT. The duo combined to win more domestic and international championships than any coach/player combination in League of Legends history. This will mark kkoma's first time leaving Faker since the player's debut with SKT

After falling to Samsung Galaxy in the finals of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship, SKT failed to make worlds at all in 2018. They rebounded with a strong 2019 to make the semifinals of worlds before losing to G2 Esports.