MEMORY takes a step back from professional RLCS coaching

After a Rocket League career that has lasted over nine years, Michael "MEMORY" Moss has announced that he is not planning to coach a team next season and will be taking a step back from professional coaching in the RLCS. The 24-year-old was head coach of Virtus.pro’s roster during RLCS 2026, having joined the organization ahead of the Boston Major alongside Cohen "Tawk" Hawco, Dylan "Wahvey" Thanus, and Jayden "2Piece" Horton. He helped his team reach the RLCS 2026 World Championship, where they achieved a surprise top-six finish having started all the way in the Play-In.

MEMORY retired as a professional player in 2023, after enjoying a lengthy playing career that started in RLCS Season 3 and lasted for six years. He was one of only a few players from that era still involved in the esport today at a professional capacity. As a player, he competed under a number of North America’s top organizations including Ghost Gaming, Spacestation Gaming, eUnited, Pioneers and lastly, Shopify Rebellion. At his peak, he was an RLCS regular during the more exclusive League Play period and continued as a professional, even when a number of his contemporaries retired during COVID-19. He narrowly missed out on featuring at a World Championship between RLCS Season 6 and 8, where twice his teams were just one series win away, including a match that came down to a game-seven 4 minute overtime versus eUnited.

Following his retirement, MEMORY became the head coach of his last organization as a player, Shopify Rebellion. The organization won the North American LCQ, reaching the RLCS 2025 World Championship, under his watch. During his time with the organization, he built up a strong relationship with former teammate 2Piece, who he followed to [REDACTED] and later Virtus.pro. By the end of RLCS 2026, they had spent four years competing together, first as teammates on the field and then off it. Alongside 2Piece, MEMORY finally got his first taste of RLCS crowd action on LAN at the 2026 World Championship, when Virtus.pro topped their group and reached the winners bracket of the playoffs. It was a particularly memorable occasion, since it was something he was unable to achieve as a long-time RLCS player.

In the announcement tweet, MEMORY mentioned that he “knew this season was likely to be my last and I gave it my all” and is considering going into private coaching or game analysis in the future. The tweet came following the announcement that the entire Virtus.pro roster had entered free agency going into the offseason. While the players will be exploring their options, the trio suggested that they could stick for the RLCS Club Championship, which starts in November.