Scott Cameron named head swimming coach at Illinois State University

Scott Cameron, who grew up in Belleville and was a three-sport athlete at Belleville High School (swimming, golf, and tennis), has been named head swimming coach for Illinois State University and will begin his new position on June 1.
His parents, James and Catherine Cameron, live in the city of Belleville, and his grandmother still lives in Belleville, said Matt Wing, Assistant Athletic Communications Director at Illinois State.
Cameron comes to Illinois State from the University of Idaho, where he has served as an assistant women’s swimming coach since 2012. He had previously served in several capacities, assisting the University of Michigan men’s and women’s team between 2008 and 2012.
In his three years with the program at Idaho, student-athletes set 26 school records and won 12 individual Western Athletic Conference titles. Idaho improved its conference standing dramatically during Cameron’s tenure, as the team finished as high as second at the WAC Championships in 2014. The team excelled in the classroom as well, consistently posting a team grade point average well above 3.0.
Cameron earned his bachelor’s degree in 2009 from Grand Valley State, where he majored in movement science, with a concentration in coaching. He finished work on his master of education degree in 2014 at Idaho, with a focus in adult organizational learning and leadership.