Personal:Ken Spencer begins his second season as an assistant on Bobby Collins' staff and also serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for the program. He helped the Rams secure the six players in this years' class and continues to recruit top athletes in order to help WSSU restore its' storied tradition and compete at the Division I level.

Spencer came to Winston Salem State following a highly successful career as a High School Coach at Marlboro County High School in Bennettsville, SC where he posted a career record of 173-51 in eight seasons. He led the Bulldogs to three state title game appearances, winning the state championship in 2001. He coached Marlboro County High to six consecutive region titles, and is the winningest coach in the history of the school. He was named the National Federation of High Schools South Carolina coach of the year in 2001, twice named the South Carolina AAAA coach of the year (2000, 2005), named the South Carolina Statewide Coach of the year in 2001, and is a six time winner of Region V AAAA Coach of the Year award.

In addition to his tenure at Marlboro County High School he also coached for two years at Scotland County High School in Laurinburg, NC. All of the teams Spencer has coached have qualified for state tournament berths.

Over 20 of Spencer's former players earned college scholarships, including two currently in the ACC (Ra'sean Dickey at Georgia Tech and Casaan Breeden at Florida State).

In addition to coaching experience at the High School level Spencer has served as a student assistant coach at Pembroke State (1992-93) under Dan Kenney and John Haskins and as a graduate assistant coach at Fayetteville State (1991-92) under Jeff Capel.

Coach Spencer earned his bachelor's degree in Business Management from UNC-Pembroke in 1991 and returned to UNCP to obtain a degree in Physical Education with teacher certification in 1992-1993. He was a four year letterman on the basketball team and was the captain during his senior season that ended with the Carolinas Conference Championship and was named a member of the All-Tournament team that same season.

Spencer finished as UNCP's leader in career made three point field. Spencer was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the United States Army after college and served in the Reserves for ten years.

The son of Levon and Josephine Spencer of Eagle Springs NC, Spencer is the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC, where he was a teammate of head coach Bobby Collins. He was twice named to the All-Conference team and was an honorable mention All-State selection as a senior in 1986, after leading the team to the AAAA state semi-finals. The head coach of that team was Jeff Capel who is now an assistant with the Charlotte Bobcats.

Spencer married his high school sweetheart, Ellen, and they have two children, K.J. (20) and Karmen (14).