The BIG organization has on Saturday announced that head coach “tow b” has decided to step down from the German side due to personal reasons. Assistant coach Dustin “DuDe” Großmann, has been promoted to the head coach position, while tow b has not ruled out a potential return as an advisor in the future. The organization already began to plan the switch back in September after the tow b already made the decision not to extend his time with the German side back in June.
“It was a tough but well-considered decision that I made already during the last player break in June. I might come back in the future in an advisory role for BIG, but now I will return to work for SkinBaron.com that I co-founded in 2016. I will focus again on marketing activities and product management.” The 36-year-old said in a statement.
The coaching switch comes ahead of the start of the 2021 season, which will officially begin on January 17 for BIG with the ESL Meisterschaft Autumn playoffs, where they will face off Rhein Neckar in the semi-finals. BIG are also set to participate in the IEM Katowice play-in stage, which will have eight spots at the main event on offer. The event will begin on February 16-17.
Today @towbcs steps down from his role due to personal commitments, and we appoint @DuDe_CSGO as head coach.
Thank you for everything you have done for us Tobias!
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— BIG (@BIGCLANgg) January 9, 2021
