Team Liquid turns to caster Jatt as new League of Legends coach

Leesman hopes that in coaching Team Liquid, he can translate formative life experiences across esports and traditional sports into competitive success. Growing up in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Leesman was (and still is) an avid NBA and NFL fan, spending four years in high school quarterbacking the local under-18 Rocky Mountain Rams football team and then staying on for a year as their offensive coordinator. He idolizes Phil Jackson, especially the way Jackson would often refuse to call timeouts when his teams were struggling, preferring to let them learn how to execute and escape adversity in the moment. With no timeouts during a League of Legends game, Leesman believes proper preparation is essential to impactful coaching.