Great Britain announces coaches for Esports Nations Cup 2026: Mac, Neilzinho and more confirmed

British Esports

5 min read | 23 Apr 2026

The esports collective representing Great Britain at the inaugural Esports Nations Cup (ENC) has announced its first line-up of coaches across several game titles.

The coaches are as follows:

• DOTA 2 – Ivan ‘Kidaro’ Bondarev
• Honor of Kings – Mitchell ‘BLAM’ Bird
• League of Legends – James ‘Mac’ MacCormack
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang – Cameron ‘Psy’ Vanloo
• PUBG – Justin ‘MiracU’ McNally
• PUBG Mobile – Abhi ‘Abhi’ Sharma
• Rainbow Six: Siege – Ryan ‘KangruKenny’ Morrow
• Rocket League – Dylan ‘eekso’ Pickering
• Valorant – Neil ‘Neilzinho’ Finlay

Coaches in Counter-Strike 2 and Apex Legends will be announced at a later date, given these games will have national qualifiers.

The other Esports Nations Cup titles – Street Fighter 6, chess, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, FC 26 and Trackmania – do not have coach slots.

The news comes a few weeks after British Esports, Esports Wales, Fnatic, Scottish Esports, The FA via England Gaming and UKETC united to represent Great Britain at the Esports Nations Cup 2026, with Jeff Simpkins appointed National Team Manager. He is leaning on industry veterans such as Michael ‘ODEE’ O’Dell (Scan Computers Director of Gaming and Esports), Grant Rousseau (NIP Group COO) and Saahib Reehal (Esports and Gaming Lead at The FA) for support.

With the coaches now selected in each game title, Jeff will work closely with them on player selection, with teams to be announced at a later date.

However, several players featured in the ENC GB announcement video, including Jack ‘ApparentlyJack’ Benton (Rocket League Player for Geekay Esports), Jack ‘Doki’ Robertson (Rainbow Six: Siege Player for G2 Esports) and more.

The Esports Nations Cup (ENC) is a biennial global esports competition created by the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) that brings national pride to the world stage. Launching in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in November 2026, before moving to a rotating city model, the ENC will feature the world’s best players competing not for their Clubs, but for their countries and territories, across a line-up of leading esports titles.

It’s backed by a three-part funding commitment totaling $45m, with $20m in prize money paid directly to players and coaches, $5m in club incentives for esports clubs that release and enable their professional players to participate in ENC, and an additional $20m through the previously announced ENC Development Fund.

To stay up to date with the GB esports activities, check out instagram.com/greatbritainenc, youtube.com/@greatbritainenc, tiktok.com/@greatbritainenc and x.com/greatbritainenc