WholeHogSports · Sep 9, 2025
Commentary: Burlsworth Foundation right to honor Norm DeBriyn
Former Arkansas baseball coach Norm DeBriyn is shown during a ceremony recognizing the Razorbacks' 1985 College World Series team on Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Fayetteville. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)The assignment was a column on Norm DeBriyn with a heavy emphasis on the early years of the Arkansas baseball program.
That’s coming, I promise.
But first there must be a tip of the cap to Borys Malczycki. His name was front and center in three straight interviews, including DeBriyn’s recollection of the recruitment of his first two scholarship players, Bruce Mitchell and Gerald Hannahs. Those two lettered from 1971-74 and were signed from the same Little Rock legion team.