Everything, the saying goes, is bigger in Texas. That apparently includes the sanctions for recruiting violations.
North Shore (Houston, Texas) was hit with significant sanctions from the UIL on Wednesday. The school’s offensive coordinator, Andrew Cameron, was suspended for three years and head coach Willie Gaston was suspended for two games.
Cameron had recently resigned from his position on the football staff, having done so prior to Wednesday’s decision from the UIL.
At the center of the issue are allegations that Cameron had met with and tried to recruit two football players from other programs to join him at North Shore. A powerhouse team, North Shore finished the season 15-1 and No. 11 in the final USA TODAY HSS Super 25.
Cameron took full responsibility for the recruiting violations, underscoring that it was his own doing.
Saying that he is from a family of educators, Cameron took full ownership of the recruiting violations on Wednesday before the UIL State Executive Committee. He called it “a terrible representation of myself…ultimately, it was me and my doing – nothing from that they did.”
Gaston was found to have not participated in the alleged recruiting infractions but was suspended for two games since the violations occurred under his watch as head coach.
