Cam Spence joined the Georgia State football staff in January 2026 as the assistant coach of the defensive line.
Spence comes to Atlanta after spending one season at Georgetown.Â
Before serving as the defensive lines coach at Georgetown, Spence spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons at the University of North Carolina, where he worked with the Tar Heels’ defensive line. He joined the UNC staff as a defensive line graduate assistant in 2023 before being promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2024. During his time in Chapel Hill, North Carolina ranked sixth nationally in team sacks (39), with two defensive linemen finishing among the top 50 nationally in sacks.
Prior to his time at UNC, Spence served as a defensive line graduate assistant at Ohio State during the 2022 season. While with the Buckeyes, he worked with several All-Big Ten performers, including First Team selections JT Tuimoloau and Zach Harrison, Third Team honoree Mike Hall Jr. and Honorable Mention pick Jack Sawyer.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Spence was selected as a Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellow with the Los Angeles Rams in 2023, gaining NFL-level experience working with a professional defensive front.
Before beginning his coaching career, Spence played defensive tackle at the University of Maryland from 2017–19. Following a medical retirement, he transitioned into a student assistant coaching role with the Terrapins’ defensive line. During that time, he also founded Bear Spence Academy, a training company through which he worked with NFL defensive linemen Javon Kinlaw of the Washington Commanders and Derrick Brown of the Carolina Panthers.
Spence earned his bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Maryland in 2021.
