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Cam Cameron

Followed Bill Mallory. Cam Cameron slid Indiana from National Program III to Regional Program I in 5 seasons.

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1997–2001 · 1 stint
Indiana
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerINDIANANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelIndiana, 1997: 2-9, Regional Program I1997Indiana, 1998: 4-7, Regional Program II1998Indiana, 1999: 4-7, Regional Program II1999Indiana, 2000: 3-8, Regional Program II2000Indiana, 2001: 5-6, Regional Program II2001-7.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Indiana, 5 seasons
−7.6
Regional Program I → Regional Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

1–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Hal Mumme.

Rivalry record
1–4
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–11
35.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–4
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Purdue1–420%
The toughest matchup
vs. Hal Mumme0–4
4 meetings, 1997–2000
’97 L’98 L’99 L’00 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–4 0.0%
Power Program
2–13 13.3%
National Program
7–13 35.0%
Regional Program
9–7 56.2%

Coaching career

1997–2001
Indianacaretaker
National Program III → Regional Program I
Cam Cameron slid Indiana from National Program III to Regional Program I in 5 seasons.

9th-best Indiana tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Mallory (1984–1996) · succeeded by Gerry DiNardo (2002–2004).

5 NFL Draft picks: Nathan Davis (1997), Steve Lee (1997), Victor Allotey (1998), Chris Liwienski (1998), Antwaan Randle El (2002)

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