My name is Benjamin Gavin Spake. I am originally from Lexington North Carolina. I was a competitive swimmer from the age of 5 through the age of 21. During my career I won 6 high school state championships and 3 conference team championships with UNCW. In 2011 I began working as an assistant coach for the Cape Fear Aquatic Club(CFAC) at the Wilmington Family YMCA. After 2 years as an assistant at CFAC I was given the head coaching job. In 2016 I accepted a job as the Head Age Group Coach with the Raleigh Swimming Association(RSA) in Raleigh North Carolina. While there I had the opportunity to coach numerous state and sectional champions. I also coached one swimmer to 2 national records as well as being the first 12 & under female swimmer in history to break :54 in the 100 butterfly. I moved back to Wilmington the summer of 2019 to be the pool manager and associate head swim coach at the Country Club of Landfall. I spent a short time back at the Cape Fear Aquatic Club before accepting the Head Coaching job for the Gators. I am happy to be apart of such a great program and I’m excited to watch our team grow.

Samuel Job Spake, or Job, has practically been raised in a swimming pool. Competitive swimming has always been an ever-enduring facet of his life, beginning with summer-league competition as part of Reeds Swim Club, as both a swimmer and/or coach since the age of four. Job has competed for WSY (now Tyde) MASC in Concord (defunct), and RACY in Salisbury. At the high school level, Job competed for West Davidson High School, qualifying for States all four years and making All-Conference for three of his four years. Additionally, Job swam one season with the Division III swimming program at Norwich University, in which he competed at the 2012 Greater North Atlantic Conference and contributed to the team's victory at the meet. Since then, Job has dedicated himself to coaching at the summer-league level, coaching with Reeds Swim Club as well as Sapona Ridge Country Club. He is excited to join the Gators and continue to grow the sport of swimming in Brunswick County.