 Under his mentoring Ridley eights won 14 Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association (formerly Canadian Schoolboy) Championships, as well as five American Schoolboy titles and seven Championships at the English Henley Royal Regatta.In 1985, Campbell coached the University of Cambridge's rowing team in preparation for its annual University Boat Race against the University of Oxford.Campbell led the 1984 Canadian men's heavyweight crew to a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.