Ex- UA coach DeBriyn joins SWC hall of fame
FAYETTEVILLE — Norm DeBriyn took the Arkansas Razorback baseball program from an independent at an American Legion field to George Cole Field and the Southwest Conference, then to Baum Stadium and the Southeastern Conference.
The former Razorback head coach is among eight new inductees to the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame, within the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco.
DeBriyn coached the baseball Hogs to four College World Series appearances ( once finishing national runner- up), three conference titles and a league- tournament champinship, earning induction to the American College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
He coached the Razorbacks from 1970- 2002, thereafter becoming associate director of the Razorback Foundation and part- time scout for the Colorado Rockies. With 19 Arkansas players All- Americans, DeBriyn’s teams won 1,161 games (. 640 percentage) and he was six times SWC coach of the year, winning two SWC regular- season titles and an SWC tournament. He later won a SEC title in taking the Razorbacks to their first 15 regionals and first four College World Series. Dave Van Horn, his 1982 second baseman, succeeded DeBriyn as head coach and has led the Hogs to four more CWS trips.
Other Arkansas inductees to the SWC Hall of Fame include retired athletic director- football coach Frank Broyles, former basketball coach Nolan Richardson, retired track/ cross
country coach John McDonnell and former football stars Lance Alworth, Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones, Bill Montgomery and Loyd Phillips.
Former Auburn star joins Reddie staff
ARKADELPHIA — A year after ex- Auburn quarterback Kiehl Frazier led crosstown rival Ouachita Baptist to its second Great American Conference football title, Henderson State has added a former Tiger player to its coaching staff.
Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, formerly with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Bucs, joins the Reddie staff as part of NFL Players Association Coaching Internship program. He will spend the 2015 season coaching on the sidelines at HSU, serving as the Reddies’ running- backs coach.
Williams finished his collegiate career with 3,831 yards ( 5.2 per attempt) and 45 touchdowns, breaking school records for rushing attempts and touchdowns. He earned All- America and all- SEC first- team honors as a senior in 2004, when the Tigers finished 13- 0 as SEC and Sugar Bowl champions.
Williams played six years with Tampa, which took him with the fifth overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft, and one year with the St. Louis Rams ( 2011). He was named NFL Rookie of the Year in 2005 after six 100- yard games in an 1,178yard season.
Williams returned to Auburn last year and in December earned a degree in sociology.