Nick Lake was named the Assistant Coach for the swimming and diving team, and the Aquatics Director for the Woodruff Physical Education Center, prior to the start of the 2010-11 season.

Lake has helped coach the Emory women to National Championships in each of his first two years as a full-time assistant with the team, and the men to back-to-back third-place finishes at the NCAA Division III Championship in 2011 and 2012.  With Lake on the coaching staff, Emory's swimmers have won National Championships in seven individual events and six relays, in addition to earning 145 all-America certificates.  Emory also won the University Athletic Association (UAA) Men's and Women's Championships in 2011 and 2012, as Lake was named part of the conference Coaching Staff of the Year each year.

Lake spent the 2009-10 season serving as a full-time volunteer coach with the Eagles, helping the women’s squad its third NCAA Division III National Championship, and the men's squad to a third-place finish.  He also led both the men and women to UAA Championships. 

A member of the Emory swimming and diving team throughout his collegiate career, Lake was a 12-time all-American, earning certificates in the 400-yard individual medley, the 500-yard freestyle, the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay.  He served as the captain of the team during his senior season, and led the team four-consecutive conference championships and four-straight top-four finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships.

Lake graduated Magna Cum Laude from Emory in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics, earning a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for his work in the pool, the classroom and the community.  He originally hails from Dartmouth, MA, graduating from Dartmouth High School in 2004.