James Campen

American football player and coach (born 1964)

American football player
  • Sacramento City College (1982–1983)
  • Tulane (1984–1985)
Undrafted:1986Career history As a player:
  • New Orleans Saints (1986–1988)
  • Green Bay Packers (1989–1993)
As a coach:
  • Green Bay Packers (2004–2005)
    Assistant offensive line/quality control coach
  • Green Bay Packers (2006)
    Assistant offensive line coach
  • Green Bay Packers (2007–2017)
    Offensive line coach
  • Green Bay Packers (2018)
    Offensive line coach & run game coordinator
  • Cleveland Browns (2019)
    Associate head coach & offensive line coach
  • Los Angeles Chargers (2020)
    Offensive line coach
  • Houston Texans (2021)
    Offensive line coach
  • Carolina Panthers (2022–2023)
    Offensive line coach
Career highlights and awards Career NFL statistics
Games played:67
Games started:48
Player stats at NFL.com

James Frederick Campen (born June 11, 1964) is a former American football center and was most recently the offensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers.[1][2]

He previously spent 11 seasons as the offensive line coach for the Packers who had seven Pro Bowl linemen during his tenure there.[3] Campen left the Packers in 2019 to become associate head coach/offensive line coach with the Cleveland Browns, then coached offensive line for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020.[4][5][6] On March 10, 2021, Campen was hired as offensive line coach for the Houston Texans.[7]

Personal life

Campen graduated in 1982 from Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs, California. At Ponderosa he made all metro and all-league his junior and senior years of school. He was also voted "all-decade" for the 1980's as an individual player. During a break from professional football Campen returned to Shingle Springs, California and coached for 10 years between 1994 and 2004 with five years as head coach. He also opened a hardware store in Shingle Springs, California. Now he lives with his family in Suamico, Wisconsin.

References

  1. ^ "James Campen Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ James Campen - Green Bay Packers Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Chargers announce new coaching hires on offense". Bolts From The Blue. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Br; on_Viera1 (February 4, 2020). "LA Chargers hire James Campen as offensive line coach". Bolt Beat. Retrieved April 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Popper, Daniel. "Chargers' Shane Steichen and James Campen bring high school..." The Athletic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Alper, Josh (February 4, 2020). "James Campen joining Chargers as OL coach". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Houston Texans Announce 2021 Assistant Coaching Staff". HoustonTexans.com. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XLV champions