Overview
| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| Zikz | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Anthony Gray | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | August 11, 1993 (age 31) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Anthony "Zikz" Gray is a retired League of Legends esports personality, previously head coach for 100 Thieves. He was previously known as Zikzlol. After his retirementment from League of Legends, he became a VALORANT coach and won the VALORANT Champions 2023 with Evil Geniuses.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CLG | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-?? | Aug 20182018-08-07[1] | ≈4yr 3mo ejel | ||
 TSM | Oct 20182018-10-21[3] | Nov 20192019-11-11[2] | 1yr 21d ejel | ||
 100 Thieves | Nov 20192019-11-11[5] | Apr 20212021-04-17[4] | 1yr 5mo ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLG | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-?? | May 20152015-05-28[6] | ≈1yr 27d ejel | ||
| CLG | May 20152015-05-28[6] | Nov 20152015-11-11[7] | 5mo 14d ejel | ||
| CLG | Nov 20152015-11-11[7] | Aug 20182018-08-07[1] | 2yr 8mo ejel | ||
| TSM | Oct 20182018-10-21[3] | Nov 20192019-11-11[2] | 1yr 21d ejel | ||
| 100 Thieves | Nov 20192019-11-11[5] | Apr 20212021-04-17[4] | 1yr 5mo ejel |
News
2014
 CLG | May (approx.), Zikz (Analyst) joins. |
2015
| CLG | May 28, Blurred Limes (Head Coach) joins. Zikz (Analyst to Strategic Coach) changes position.[6] | |
| CLG | November 11, Zikzlol (Strategic Coach to Head Coach) changes position.[7] |
2018
| CLG | August 7, Goldman (Assistant Coach to Interim Head Coach) changes position. Zikz (Head Coach) leaves.[1] | |
 TSM | October 21, Zikz (Head Coach) joins.[3] Zikz (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[8] |
2019
| TSM | November 11, Zikz (Head Coach) leaves.[2] | |
 100T | November 11, Zikz (Head Coach) joins.[5] | |
| 100T | November 18, Zikz (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2021.[9] |
2020
| 100T | November 20, Zikz (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Freeze (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2022.[10] |
2021
| 100T | April 17, Zikz (Head Coach) leaves.[4] |
Biography
Trivia
- Got his start as an analyst for CLG due to writing frequent, detailed posts in the team's subreddit.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- February 14, CLG coach Zikzlol compares CLG’s current roster to last years and reflects on his coaching style with , and on The Score
- April 21, CLG’s Unsung Hero: Tony “Zikz” Gray's emergence as North America's best coach by Tim Sevenhuysen on The Score
- May 8, Zikz: 'I do feel like this roster is probably...the best iteration of CLG that has ever existed' with Marcel Feldkamp on The Score
- May 24, Pillars of the league: LCS coaches by Neda Salamat on ESPN
- June 28, Zikz goes in-depth on CLG's issues: ‘We’re playing a bit of catchup right now’ with , and on The Score
- October 7, Zikz on CLG's results in 2016: 'These five players together made something really, really special' with , and on The Score
- March 21, 'Reflections' with Zikz with Thorin on YouTube
- April 22, Yahoo Esports' 2017 NA LCS Spring Rookie of the Split, Coach of the Split, and Most Valuable Player by Emily Rand on Yahoo Esports
- January 13, Zikz: CLG wanted Reignover for a year and a half, why Aphromoo left, potential TL struggles with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 5, CLG Coach Zikz on fans calling for his resignation and making Biofrost the new shotcaller with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- October 22, NA LCS: TSM Zikz- A Look into the Future by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
- February 4, Tony talks about TSM's loss and accuracy of community perception of Bjergsen/Akaadian/BrokenBlade with Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-seop on YouTube
- March 8, Zikz on the differences between coaching CLG and TSM with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- January 24, Zikz on joining 100t, why TSM didn't work out, why this will be a very volatile split for LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- June 11, 100T Zikz on TSM coaching staff, Ryoma and Ssumday with Izento on Esports Heaven
- June 20, Zikz on Coaching through COVID-19: “When you’re actually scrimming, you don’t get to see the people face to face, so you get less of a read exactly on how people are feeling, and how focused people are” with Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
- January 27, 100t Coach Zikz praises Huhi: 'His out of game intangibles are insane, he sets up all our plays.' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- April 8, Zikz reflects on 100t's struggles this split and how the team looks to recover in summer with Travis Gafford on YouTube
Images
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TSM Zikz, LCS 2019 Spring
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Welcome to TSM, Zikz! tsm.gg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 100 Thieves Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Introducing the new CLG.LoL Coaching Staff clgaming.net
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Announcing CLG.LoL's New Head Coach clgaming.net
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-10-21
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-11-18
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-19; after change - NA - 2020-11-20