Benjamin "Coach" Wade

Known for

Coach brought tall tales and a code of honor to Tocantins, grated on nearly everyone, and still rose to power on Timbira with Debbie Beebe and Tyson Apostol. When the merge flipped control to Jalapao, he stayed useful to J.T. Thomas and Stephen Fishbach until his allies were gone, then exited operatically. In Heroes vs. Villains he and Jerri Manthey were the swing votes that ousted Rob Mariano and handed the tribe to Russell Hantz, and Sandra Diaz-Twine promptly led the blindside that took Coach out next.

South Pacific was Coach 3.0. He built an alliance on night one, won John Cochran over at the merge with a show of empathy, and steered his group to the end, leaning on shared faith and ditching allies along the way. At Final Tribal he could not own those betrayals, and Sophie Clarke beat him 6-3-0. In the Hands of the Fans he tried humility, slid back into Dragon Slayer mode after the merge, and was paired with Chrissy Hofbeck in the Double Duo twist. A failed Shot in the Dark could not stop Cirie's side, and the duo went out 10-1-1.

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Season by season

1. 
   5Survivor 18: Tocantinsage 37, Bolivar, Missouri5th of 16 · 36 days · jury
2. 
   12Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villainsage 37, Susanville, California12th of 20 · 21 days · jury
3. 
   2Survivor 23: South Pacificage 39, Susanville, California2nd of 18 · 39 days
4. 
   12Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fansage 53, Susanville, California12th of 24 · 16 days · jurySurvivor 50 profile, moments and fantasy scores →

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Where they rank

• 6thMost days played112 days
• 5thMost seasons played4 seasons
• 4thMost times on the jury3 juries