Norm DeBriyn
Deacon
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A Wisconsin native, Deacon Norm came to Arkansas in the fall of 1969 and has been in Fayetteville ever since. He spent thirty-three years as the Head Baseball Coach at the University of Arkansas, and his coaching career included four NCAA College World Series appearances, 15 NCAA tournament berths, seven conference coach of the year awards, and more than 1,150 career wins at one school, and numerous awards and honors. Since his retirement from coaching in 2002, Deacon Norm has served as a part-time scout for the Colorado Rockies and Associate Director of the Razorback Foundation.
Deacon Norm was ordained a deacon in November of 2012 and is assigned at St. Thomas Aquinas. He has devoted himself to making St. Thomas’s capital campaign and building project a success. When asked to describe his commitment to St. Thomas, Norm said, “We love St. Thomas because St. Thomas is like family to us. Our children were baptized at St. Thomas, so we have a long relationship with this church. We strive to aid St. Thomas’s student ministry because of the impact it has on so many people and the far-reaching effect it has on so many lives.”
Deacon Norm and his wife Caroline live in Fayetteville and are the parents to one daughter, Carrie Jo, two sons Marty and the late Todd DeBriyn, and grandparents to one granddaughter, Carly.