Illidan becomes head coach of Team Spirit Academy

Team Spirit Academy and Yellow Submarine have exchanged coaches. Ilya Illidan Pivtsaev became the coach of the Spirit academic roster, and Daniil MeTTpuM Gilev began working with Yellow Submarine. Illidan shared information about this on stream, his words were quoted by the Dota2.ru portal. Pivtsaev has been working with Yellow Submarine since November 2025. Together with him, the team won EPL Championship Season 2, and also qualified for PGL Wallachia Season 7 and PREMIER SERIES. At the same time, the club did not make it to The International 2026, taking 5th-6th place in the European qualifiers. At the time of publication, it is unknown in which tournaments the teams will debut with new coaches. Ilya did not reveal the reason for the transition, limiting himself to a short comment. This