Ben came to BAC in 2014 after many years as an athlete and a coach in the Bay Area. Ben grew up swimming in Los Altos for Los Altos-Mountain View Aquatic Club and for Los Altos High School, where making CCS Finals was a highlight of his prep career. After moving to Palo Alto Swim Club (now part of PASA) for his senior year in high school, Ben attended Vassar College, where he was a 4-year varsity swim team member, 3-year captain, and 9-time school record holder. Upon completing his degree in Sociology with minors in American Literature and French from Vassar in 2003, Ben began his coaching career back in the Bay Area.

Ben has guided multiple athletes who have broken Pacific Age Group Records, have placed in the National Top-10, have made finals at USA Swimming Junior Nationals, and who have earned accolades on local, national and international levels. Athletes that Ben has coached have gone on to represent Team USA at international competitions and have gone on to become NCAA All-Americans. Ben is active on the Zone, LSC and National levels, having previously served as a Zone All-Star coach, a Pacific All-Star coach and Pacific Camp Coach. In 2018, Ben was named to the staff of the USA Swimming National Diversity Select Camp as an assistant coach, a true honor and highlight of his career. In 2020, Ben was appointed to the Western Zone Select Camp staff. One of the underlying emphases of Ben's coaching philosophy is that swimming can help open the door for athletes to new experiences and to an enhanced academic profile.

Athletes that Ben has coached have gone on to swim at many of the country's best colleges and universities, including UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, USC, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, UPenn, Duke University, Northwestern University, Georgia Technical Institute, Amherst College, Washington University in St. Louis, and Harvey Mudd College, among others. Ben is committed to developing the student-athlete here on the BAC pool deck.