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Fresno State eSports team hires new head coach

Tommy Lee (middle) introduces himself alongside Gerrado Gomez (left) and Lars Newlander to students attending the League of Legends info session held inside of the eSports arena on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Larry Valenzuela/ The Collegian)

Fresno State Student Involvement has found its head coach for the upcoming varsity League of Legends (LoL) esports team. Tommy Cherta Lee, a 27-year-old Fresno native, will be tasked to form the first eSports team at Fresno State.

Gerrado “Jerry” Gomez, coordinator of Off-Campus Student Life and Involvement, knew that once they had hired Lee for the position, he was the “perfect person for this program.