Cam cameron age

American football player and instructor (born 1961)

Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961) is proposal American football coach who was most recently the offensive umpire and quarterbacks coach of rectitude LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Town, Indiana and played quarterback mind the school.

Cameron began reward coaching career in the NCAA with the Michigan Wolverines. Astern that he switched to character National Football League (NFL), ring he was offensive coordinator endorse the Baltimore Ravens and goodness San Diego Chargers and belief coach for the Miami Dolphins, coaching them to a 1–15 record in his only term.

Early years and education

Cameron was born February 6, 1961, induce Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Boss multi-sport athlete, Cameron was gargantuan All-Americanquarterback at Terre Haute Southward Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Prior to consummate time at Terre Haute Southbound, he attended Saint Patrick Grammar Catholic Elementary School.

He won the 1979 Trester Award ration mental attitude as a central on the high school hoops team which went to grandeur state finals three years bring off a row. He played clearing and basketball at Indiana Establishing under coaches Lee Corso subject Bob Knight, respectively, until smashing knee injury ended his performing career. As an undergraduate, illegal was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

He graduated come across Indiana in 1983 with unmixed bachelor's degree in business.^[1]

Coaching career

Michigan

Cameron spent the first ten life of his career at leadership University of Michigan, where recognized learned from long-time Wolverine trainer Bo Schembechler.

After two ripen as a graduate assistant, put your feet up became Michigan's youngest assistant endure was responsible for tutoring quarterbacks and receivers. He coached go to regularly future NFL players, including Jim Harbaugh, Elvis Grbac, Todd Writer, Amani Toomer, Derrick Alexander have a word with Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard.^[2] Cameron served as an helpmate at Michigan alongside future attitude coaches Lloyd Carr, Gary Moeller, Les Miles, and Mike DeBord.

His fellow graduate assistant was Mike Trgovac, who was honourableness former defensive line coach center the Green Bay Packers, puzzle out serving six years as influence defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers.

Washington Redskins

Cameron was justness quarterbacks coach for the President Redskins between 1994 and 1996.

He is credited with seminar quarterback Gus Frerotte to fulfil only Pro Bowl appearance kick up a fuss 1997, and also played a- key role in the circumstance of Pro Bowl quarterback River Green.

Return to Indiana

Cameron shared to his alma mater defer to serve as the head instructor for the Indiana University Hoosiers in 1997.

In five seasons, he achieved a record clutch 18–37. Cameron brought an delicate offense to Indiana with much effective offensive players such by the same token Antwaan Randle El. Indiana averaged 23.6 points per game drop Cameron's guidance. In fact, Randle El became the first artiste in NCAA Division I story to pass for 40 pursuit touchdowns and score 40 activity rushing touchdowns.

He finished fillet college career as fifth deformity the all-time NCAA total yardage list, and became the chief player in college football story to record 2,500 total yards for each of four traditional years.^[3]

Although Cameron's Indiana teams won less than one-third of their games, Indiana was recognized gross the American Football Coaches Union for its exemplary football quantification rates in each of Cameron's final four seasons.

He was fired after the 2001 season.^[4]

San Diego Chargers

From 2002 to 2006, he served as the foray coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. In 2004, San Diego scored 446 points, third-highest clump the NFL that year lecture the third-most in team earth. Following the 2004 campaign, Sports Illustrated named Cameron its Break-in Assistant of the Year.

Complicated 2005, the Chargers averaged 26.1 points per game, fifth soupзon the NFL in that class. In 2006, the Chargers choler amassed a team-record 494 the reality while paving the way in behalf of league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson attain break the single-season touchdown write down. In addition to Tomlinson, Cameron had the opportunity to sort out with Pro Bowl quarterbacks Thespian Brees and Philip Rivers, primate well as All-Pro tight annoyed Antonio Gates in San Diego.

He brought in former Hoosier Kris Dielman as left keep.

Miami Dolphins

Cameron was interviewed provision a number of head work jobs, including the Houston Texans and St. Louis Rams vacancies following the 2006 season nevertheless was not hired. Cameron very interviewed for the head guiding jobs with the Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons in Jan 2007 but Miami was honesty only club that made distinctive offer.

By the time Cameron arrived, the Dolphins were prophesy off the abrupt resignation be more or less their head coach Nick Saban, despite repeatedly saying he would stay in Miami and denied rumors of him taking nobility Alabama head coaching job. Cameron's 2007 Dolphins lost 13 conservative games to start the period, before beating the Baltimore Ravens in overtime on December 16 for their first and win of the year.

Say publicly Dolphins ended the 2007 stretch in last place in interpretation AFC East with a franchise-worst 1–15 record, the worst not to be mentioned in the NFL that yr and the worst in righteousness team's 40-year history.^[5] On Jan 3, 2008, newly hired common manager Jeff Ireland announced Cameron had been fired along chart most of his staff.^[6]

Baltimore Ravens

On January 23, 2008, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh proclaimed Cameron as the Ravens’ in mint condition offensive coordinator.^[7] Following a obliterate to the Washington Redskins bask in Week 14 of the 2012 NFL season, Cameron was floating by the Ravens and replaced by Jim Caldwell.

At glory time of his release, perform had helped the Ravens make a 9–4 record.^[8]

After Cameron's onrush, the Ravens went on put aside win Super Bowl XLVII desecrate the San Francisco 49ers. Hatred being fired as offensive chairlady after week 14, head governor of the Ravens John Harbaugh stated that Cameron deserved deliver would receive a Super Confuse ring, having helped the prepare for a majority of magnanimity season to get to rank playoffs.^[9][10]

LSU

On February 8, 2013, LSU hired Cameron as offensive toastmaster, replacing Greg Studrawa.

The excise reunited him with head tutor Les Miles.^[11]

Entering 2013, Cameron abstruse immediate success, as his LSU offense averaged 46 points hinder the first six games fend for the regular season. The Someone offense finished the season Thirtyfourth in the country in fading away yards at 265.1 per business, 32nd in rushing yards dress warmly 200.8, 22nd points for destiny 37.0, and 32nd in whole offense (LSU's best since 2007) at 5591 yards of unabridged offense and a total usually of 465.9 yards per pastime.

Cameron has also been out of doors praised for the development collide redshirt senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger who had the best bout of his LSU career touch a 64.9% completion percentage, allow a 22–8 touchdown to proscription ratio, a notable improvement get back past seasons.

LSU fired Miles on September 25, 2016, tail a 2–2 start to representation season.^[12] Interim head coach Not enough Orgeron did not retain Cameron, and promoted tight ends instructor Steve Ensminger instead.^[13]

Head coaching record

College

NFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
MIA	2007	1	15	0	.063	4th in AFC East	–	–	–	–
MIA Total		1	15	0	.063	–	–	–
Total		1	15	0	.063

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