Official announcement: Passion UA extends coach Tc's contract until 2028.

Ukrainian CS2 professional team Passion UA released a statement on Monday confirming that they have extended the contract of their coach, Tian Korzen (ID: Tc), until 2028.

The 33-year-old Tc is from South Africa and has previously coached several CS teams, including Bravado, Denial, ATK, Cloud9, Extra Salt, and Complexity. During his time at Complexity, he led the team to qualify for the 2022 PGL Antwerp Major, the 2023 BLAST.tv Paris Major, the 2024 PGL Copenhagen Major, and the 2024 Perfect World Shanghai Major, and reached the playoffs at the 2024 PGL Copenhagen Major.

Since taking over in April 2025, Tc has brought about immediate changes to Passion UA. To date, he has led the team to a record of 131 wins and 116 losses across 247 maps, a win rate of 53%.

Meanwhile, under Tc's coaching, Passion UA went on to win the first stage of the Galaxy Tournament, the Glitched Masters, and the Urban Riga Open. Their world ranking also saw a significant leap, jumping from outside the top 60 to 15th globally.

According to the schedule, Tc will lead his team to the first stage of IEM Krakow on January 28, 2026, facing their first test after the contract extension. Passion UA's current roster is as follows:

Commander/Rifleman: Johnny Theodorsio (ID: JT)

Sniper: Hawken Feyerli (ID: hallzerk)

Rifleman: Michael Wins (ID: Grim)

Rifleman: Vladislav Korol (ID: Kvem)

Rifleman: Nick Lee (ID: nicx)

Coach: Tian Kolzen (ID: Tc)