In an unscheduled news conference Friday evening, LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron announced he has “a clean bill of health” after receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer earlier this summer.
Cameron, who is in his third year at LSU and also serves as the quarterbacks coach, said he has been active with the team throughout his treatment and has been cleared to coach in the season opener against McNeese State on Sept. 5.
“I’ve been involved throughout the entire training camp,” Cameron said, “and, at the same time, been given a chance to give my health a priority and, at the same time, get a job done that is obviously very special to me and my family.”
The treatment spanned four weeks and included a procedure, but it didn’t require any chemotherapy, Cameron said. He said his pathology reports are favorable and expects to be “100 percent by Monday.”
Cameron praised the closeness of the LSU program and the support of the Tigers’ coaches and players, who were informed of his situation before today.
“Just these last few weeks, just the support from this program and our players and Coach [Les] Miles and our staff, I’ve never experienced anything quite like it,” Cameron said. “It’s been awesome for me and my family. I think that’s been a big part of how this thing has progressed in such a positive way.”
While at Michigan as a quarterbacks and wide receivers coach, Cameron survived melanoma when he was 28, crediting former Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler for noticing the cancerous area on his skin.
In 2011, former LSU quarterbacks coach Steve Kragthorpe stepped down as offensive coordinator on the first day of fall camp due to Parkinson’s disease. While the situation draws similarities, Miles said the circumstances with Cameron are different because his coordinator hasn’t missed a step.

“This is much less disruptive in every way,” Miles said. “This is a guy that’s fully involved in what we are doing day-to-day. He’ll be in the press box at McNeese, so here we go.”
Miles also praised how his players handled the situation, giving Cameron and his family proper respect by keeping the news in-house.

 “We did not fully share everything with the team,” Miles said. “We just said, simply put, what we know. We need to make sure – rather than having his friends and families answering questions 24/7 – we need to keep it between ourselves. That’s what they did. I’m really proud of them. Quality group of men, work hard, good people.”