{"id":9304,"date":"2021-03-24T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=9304"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:52:14","slug":"florida-southern-college-hires-head-coach-to-lead-mocs-overwatch-esports-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/03\/24\/florida-southern-college-hires-head-coach-to-lead-mocs-overwatch-esports-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Southern College Hires Head Coach to Lead Moc\u2019s Overwatch Esports Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Southern College has named Elliott \u201cHayes\u201d Hayes as the new head coach for its Overwatch esports team. Hayes will coach remotely, beginning immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Head-coach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9305\" width=\"350\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Head-coach.jpg 689w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Head-coach-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mocs Overwatch team recently finished their first week with their new head coach with two victories in the Spring 2021 Overwatch Collegiate Championship tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayes has been coaching Overwatch professionally since the game\u2019s release in 2016. For two years, he served as the head coach for the Philadelphia Fusion, an official esports team in the Overwatch League, helping the team secure its second-place finish in the 2018 Grand Finals. For three consecutive years, Hayes has been nominated to coach the United Kingdom\u2019s team for the Overwatch World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to joining FSC and getting myself involved within the collegiate scene,\u201d said Hayes. \u201cMy hope is, through my experience, to educate and build players through winning habits and mindsets that allow them to develop skills that will help them move into higher levels of competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayes is the second industry professional to join the Mocs Esports program as a head coach, after the Florida Southern League of Legends team welcomed Jiajun \u201cAustin\u201d Yu (known by his gamertag, \u201cGate\u201d) as their coach in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHayes is another great addition to our program,\u201d said Drew Howard, Florida Southern\u2019s director of athletics and dean of wellness. \u201cHe\u2019s been at the forefront of competitive Overwatch since the game\u2019s release. His knowledge from his time in the official esports league for this game is invaluable, and our players are going to benefit greatly from their time with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Florida Southern College has named Elliott Hayes as the new head coach for its Overwatch esports team. He has coached Overwatch professionally since the game\u2019s release in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Southern College has named Elliott \u201cHayes\u201d Hayes as the new head coach for its Overwatch esports team. Hayes will coach remotely, beginning immediately. 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