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- Email:
- jcameron@maritime.edu
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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Phone:
- 508-830-5072
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- Previous College:
- Springfield College '97
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- Twitter:
- @CoachCameronMMA
Bio
Excitement, resurgence, and excellence are three words that aptly describe the Massachusetts Maritime football program under Jeremy Cameron’s guidance. Coach Cameron has been the head coach of Buccaneer football since 2005. The veteran mentor looks to continue that trend for the Buccaneers this fall. Cameron has guided his squad to 32 victories over the past seven seasons, and Massachusetts Maritime continues to rewrite the school record book as one of the most prolific attacks in the nation, with 28 school marks being set or tied in the last five years alone. There’s no doubting that Cameron has added to the great pride and tradition of the program, as during this decade alone the Buccaneers have toppled rivals Maine Maritime, SUNY-Maritime, and Coast Guard a combined eight times while scooping up a pair of Cranberry Bowl triumphs over rival Bridgewater State. The buzz of enthusiasm along the banks of the Cape Cod Canal surrounding the program is directly tied to the hard work of its mentor, and he looks for that buzz to grow louder in 2017 and beyond.
A 1997 graduate of Springfield College, Cameron began his coaching career as the quarterbacks and running backs coach at Dean College in Franklin, Mass. He left Dean to head south of the Massachusetts border in taking a position on the staff at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., where he served as the receivers coach / recruiting coordinator while also overseeing the Bulldogs’ strength and conditioning program.
Cameron left The Ocean State in 2000 to join the staff at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., under the guidance of long-time coach Walt Hameline. He spent three seasons working with the Seahawks' receivers and quarterbacks while also serving as passing game coordinator, and after a year-long stint as the offensive coordinator at Poly-Prep High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 2003. Cameron returned to the Wagner campus the following fall as the offensive coordinator. That proved to be his final assistant coaching position, as Cameron came to Buzzards Bay in the winter of 2005 as the Academy’s head coach.
Awards have been commonplace in the Massachusetts Maritime program since Cameron’s arrival, as 60 Buccaneers have earned all-conference accolades during his tenure, and four others (Walter Butler ’12, John Moriarty ’14, Marshall McCarthy ’16, and Kyle Johnston ‘20) earned All-New England and all-regional honors. McCarthy received Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades as well as being named as a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award as the top small college defensive player in the nation. In 2019, defensive lineman Kyle Johnston was named AFCA 2nd team All-American to go along with his conference and regional honors. In 2019, 11 Buccaneers earned All-Conference Honors, tying the program-high for a single season. That year, Cameron was also named MASCAC Coach of the Year.
Cameron’s commitment to the overall development of student-athletes is evidenced by dozens of players earning conference all-academic citations, while both Moriarty and fellow 2014 graduate Brandon Rodrigues became the first Massachusetts Maritime cadets to earn Capital One Academic All-America accolades in 30 years in both 2012 and 2013. Cameron’s efforts have not gone unnoticed, and he has earned the respect of his peers in the New England football community, including the nod as the 2009 / 2019 New England Football Conference Bogan Division Coach of the Year.
Cameron, who earned a degree in Health & Fitness from Springfield, resides in Sagamore Beach, Mass., with his wife, Katie, who serves as the Head Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach at Bryant University, and their three children, Dolan, Riley, and Casey.
| YEAR | RECORD | CONFERENCE RECORD | NOTES |
| 2005 | 0-9 | 0-6 NEFC | Pat Tryon - All-NEFC |
| 2006 | 3-6 | 2-5 NEFC |
Kyle Audette - All-NEFC First Team Defense |
| 2007 | 3-7 | 1-6 NEFC |
Ryan Howley - NEFC Defensive Rookie of the Year |
| 2008 | 0-10 | 0-7 NEFC |
Jim Erlwein - All-NEFC |
| 2009 | 3-7 | 3-4 NEFC |
Jonathan Edmond - NEFC Bogan Division Offensive Rookie of the Year |
| 2010 | 5-5 | 4-3 NEFC |
Stefan Gustafson - NEFC Bogan Division Defensive Rookie of the Year |
| 2011 | 5-4 | 4-4 NEFC |
Walter Butler - D3Football.com All-East Region |
| 2012 | 5-4 | 4-3 NEFC |
Brandon Rodrigues - CoSIDA NCAA D3 Academic All-American |
| 2013 | 5-5 | 3-5 MASCAC |
John Moriarty - National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society |
| 2014 | 4-6 | 3-5 MASCAC |
Victor Andrade - National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society |
| 2015 | 4-6 | 3-5 MASCAC |
Kevin Healy - National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society |
| 2016 | 4-6 | 3-5 MASCAC |
Marshall McCarthy - D3Football.com All-East Region Second Team |
| 2017 | 2-8 | 1-7 MASCAC |
Tim Churchill - All-MASCAC Second Team Defense |
| 2018 | 2-8 | 1-7 MASCAC |
Kyle Johnston - All-MASCAC First Team Defense |
| 2019 | 6-4 | 4-4 MASCAC |
MASCAC Champions Choice Coach of the Year |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | COVID |
| 2021 | 4-6 | 3-5 MASCAC |
George Lampros - D3Football.com All-American |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 3-5 MASCAC |
Cobey Williamson - All-MASCAC First Team Defense |
| 2023 | 2-8 | 2-6 MASCAC |
Jack Mulligan - MASCAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year |
| 2024 | 5-5 | 5-4 MASCAC |
Jackson Mahoney - All-MASCAC First Team Defense |
| 2025 | 5-5 | 5-4 MASCAC |
Jackson Mahoney - D3Football.com All-Region 1 First Team Defense |
| Total | 70-126 | 54-100 NEFC & MASCAC |