Cade Camp‘s return to the Southland Conference gave the young coach a chance to being laying the foundation for Northwestern State’s offensive line.
A first-team All-Southland Conference selection as a senior at Central Arkansas, Camp enters his second season as the Demons’ offensive line coach with a year of experience under his belt at the FCS level.
Camp spent the 2023 season at Midwestern State where his offensive line paved the way for the No. 19 rushing attack in Division II, averaging 204.3 yards per game.
The Mustangs also surrendered the sixth-fewest sacks per game in the nation (0.7).
That followed a 2022 season in which Camp coached the offensive line at Arkansas Tech, helping the Wonder Boys rank 12th nationally in rush yards per carry (5.44) and 24th in rush yards per game (205.7). The Wonder Boys allowed the 11th-fewest sacks in Division II with 11 and ranked fifth nationally in fourth-down conversions at 72 percent (18-for25).
Camp spent the 2020 season at Arkansas State, coaching the Red Wolves’ offensive line as Arkansas State led the Sun Belt Conference in total offense (470.1 yards per game) and ranked second in FBS in passing yards per game (364.4). Following that season, Camp stayed with head coach Blake Anderson,moving to Utah State.
At Utah State, Camp helped the Aggies fashion the largest turnaround in Football Bowl Subdivision history, taking a one-win team in 2020 to 11 wins and the Mountain West Conference and Los Angeles Bowl championships in 2021.
Utah State ended the season as the nation’s No. 24 team.
A product of Allen High School, who helped the Eagles win the 2012 Class 5A UIL state championship, Camp made 25 career starts at Central Arkansas, earning first-team All-Southland honors in 2017 as the Bears capture the Southland Conference championship. At UCA, Camp was part of two FCS Playoff teams and averaged 10 wins per season.
Camp started his high school career at Petal High School in Mississippi, helping the Panthers reach the Class 4A state championship game.
In his high school career, Camp was a two-time all-district and all-area selection.
Camp began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at South Alabama with coach Steve Campbell, his head coach at Central Arkansas.
Camp and his wife, Jordan, have two children — a son, Witten, and a daughter, Palmer.
