Editing Paul DeZarn (section)

== Team Smoke and Brimstone Smoke ==

=== Coaching appointment ===

On 19 February 2020, Team Smoke publicly welcomed DeZarn as a new team member and coach. The announcement referred to his previous professional playing and coaching experience. It explained that appointing a coach who was not simultaneously playing would allow tactical decisions to be made without placing that responsibility on the players.[4]

The team's official profile identifies DeZarn as its manager and coach and lists his home field as LVL UP Paintball.[2]

=== Management responsibilities ===

A Team Smoke player feature described DeZarn's involvement across the organisation's professional and amateur squads. His responsibilities included sponsorship arrangements, event accommodation, inspecting fields and developing game plans.[5]

Official records document his presence as checked-in staff at the 2022 ICPL Windy City Classic, held at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] from 29 September to 2 October.[6][7]

PBLeagues subsequently recorded him as a checked-in coach at the 2025 Classic Cup and the 2026 Windy City Classic.[8][9]

=== Classic Cup victories ===

Team Smoke won the professional ten-player division at the 2025 [[International Classic Paintball League|ICPL]] Classic Cup, with DeZarn registered as a coach. The team finished fourth in the overall 2025 professional ten-player standings with 265 ranking points.[8][10]

Competing as Brimstone Smoke, the team won the professional ten-player Classic Cup again in 2026. It finished second in that year's season standings with 286 points, behind [[Chicago Aftershock]] on 292. Its other 2026 finishes included second place at the Pittsburgh Open Classic.[11]

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Division
! Team name recorded
! Result
|-
| 2025
| ICPL Classic Cup
| Professional ten-player
| Team Smoke
| 1st.[10]
|-
| 2026
| ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic
| Professional ten-player
| Brimstone Smoke
| 2nd.[11]
|-
| 2026
| ICPL Classic Cup
| Professional ten-player
| Brimstone Smoke
| 1st.[11]
|-
| 2026
| ICPL season standings
| Professional ten-player
| Brimstone Smoke
| 2nd.[11]
|}

These are team achievements during DeZarn's coaching and management involvement, rather than individual playing titles.