Cameron likely leaving WVU coaching staffA veteran assistant coach for the West Virginia University baseball team will likely be leaving WVU to take a similar position at Shenandoah University – a small Division III school located in Winchester, Va.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, Shenandoah assistant athletic director Scott Musa said that 12-year Mountaineer assistant coach Bruce Cameron has been offered the vacant position and is expecting to be announcing his decision shortly, although Musa failed to mention Cameron’s name in the conversation.
The WVU sports communications office has yet to receive word of Cameron’s resignation.
“The contract has been offered, and we’re anticipating it very soon,” Musa said.
“But although nothing is official, he’s expected to accept the offer – we already have the press release ready to go.”
Cameron has known Hornet’s head coach and former James Madison skipper Kevin Anderson for several years ,and the two are good friends, according to Musa.
He has spent the last nine years as head coach Greg Van Zant’s top assistant coach after taking over for current Potomac State College coach Doug Little in 1999.
Cameron, who has invested 11 years total in the program, also serves as bench coach and recruiting coordinator. Before WVU, he served as head coach at Catonsville (Md.) Community College in 1997
Cameron will take over for former SU assistant Kirk Renegar and will try and attempt to continue Shenandoah’s recent success.
In 2008, the Hornets recorded its fifth consecutive 20-win season in the competitive USA South Conference.
“I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to come here,” Musa said. “We play in a very competitive conference, and Coach Anderson has done a great job in turning this program into one of the best up-and-coming programs in Division III.”
The Mountaineers finished the 2008 season with a 35-21 record including a seventh place finish in the Big East Conference.
