’s coaching staff needed reinforcement, and that has now been addressed. Andrei “
Odoamne” Pascu is joining Fnatic as an assistant coach
to strengthen Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann’s staff, sources tell
Sheep Esports on Wednesday. He will work alongside Pablo “
Gaax” Pérez, the team’s other assistant coach, and Richard “
Immanuelity” Wolter, the team’s performance coach.
Fnatic’s loss to Natus Vincere in the LEC Versus playoffs on February 16 revealed internal tensions within the organization. In an interview with Esportmaniacos, head coach GrabbZ described a lack of resources and unfulfilled promises from management.
Asked about assistant coach Gaax’s absence during Week 3 due to illness, GrabbZ explained that he had to prepare the team alone for three days of LEC competition. “That week I was alone; I was the only coaching staff in the office,” he said, adding that the team’s psychologist does not intervene in in-game matters.
Frustrated, he concluded, “
We have no staff. That’s just how it is.” On Friday, March 6, during an “Ask Me Anything,” CEO Patrik “cArn” Sättermon revealed that
the Black and Orange were in the process of recruiting a new coach, expected to be a “
strong in-game voice,” without mentioning any name.
A Second Year as a Coach
After ending his professional playing career in 2024, Odoamne joined the LEC broadcast in 2025 as an analyst, a role he still held in LEC 2026 Versus. During last year’s Spring Split, he also joined
as an assistant to Marc Robert "
Caedrel" Lamont in the NLC, winning both splits as well as the EMEA Masters in Spring.
Fnatic’s coaching staff has now expanded with the arrival of Odoamne, bringing the total number of coaches to three. For comparison, teams like Natus Vincere and SK Gaming field three coaches alongside an analyst, while Shifters have four coaches and an analyst.
Other organizations operate with slightly smaller staffs but benefit from academy teams with their own coaching structures to collaborate with, such as G2 Esports or Karmine Corp. Fnatic, however, had to go through the split with only two coaches and no academy coaching staff to rely on or exchange ideas with.
