Charlie Lipsie, former Head Coach of NRG eSports, declared himself a free agent on Twitter and told his followers he is looking for new opportunities. theScore eSports received additional confirmation from sources close to NRG that Charlie is indeed no longer part of the organization.

Free agent. Pursuing new options. Open DM. — 施佳琦 (@Charlielipsie) January 5, 2016

No information on the circumstances leading to Charlie's separation from NRG is currently public. Charlie was announced as part of the team's lineup on Nov. 16 as the Head Coach and accompanied the team during their bootcamp in South Korea.

Charlie previously served as a coach for Cloud9 and, later, Cloud9's North American Challenger team, Cloud9 Tempest. He was to lead the NRG coaching staff during their debut season in the North American League of Legends Championship Series with Strategic Coach Tadayoshi "Hermit" Littleton and a team of analysts.

The announcement makes Charlie the second recently-signed Head Coach to leave a North American LCS organization before the start of the 2016 season. Ram "Brokenshard" Djemal also parted ways with Team Dignitas just before the start of the new year.

Kelsey Moser is a staff writer for theScore eSports. You can follow her on Twitter.