Cam Inman

Cam Inman
Office: 135
Email: cam.inman@sjsu.edu

Cam Inman is a lecturer for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, specializing in sports journalism. He has served as a sports reporter and columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and Bay Area News Group since 1995. He grew up in Cupertino before earning a Bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo’s journalism program. He is a weekly analyst for CBS-5 San Francisco during the 49ers’ season, and he is the author of two books, The Best Bay Area Sports Arguments (2008) and The Franchise: San Francisco 49ers (2024). He is on the board for the California Scholastic Press Association workshop, where he’s been a professor for 30 years. His first journalism job was with the Cupertino Courier at age 16, excluding his driveway deliveries of the San Jose News on his bicycle at age 9.