DeBriyn Inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (arkansasrazorbacks.com) – Former Arkansas baseball coach and Razorback legend Norm DeBriyn will be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class, the College Baseball Foundation announced Monday, June 23.

DeBriyn will be the second Razorback inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. He joins Arkansas great Jeff King, who was inducted as part of the 2024 class.

In a coaching career that spanned four decades, DeBriyn transformed Arkansas into a national powerhouse after taking over as head coach in 1970 at the age of 28. The winningest coach in school history, DeBriyn guided the Razorbacks to a record of 1,161-650-6 (.641 winning percentage), two Southwest Conference titles, one Southeastern Conference title, one SEC Western Division title, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances and four NCAA College World Series appearances.

The Razorbacks recorded their best national finish is school history under DeBriyn in 1979, finishing as runner-up in the College World Series. In his 33 seasons at the helm of the Arkansas baseball program, DeBriyn coached 19 All-America selections, six Freshman All-Americans, 58 all-conference selections and 48 all-conference tournament selections. He was named SWC Coach of the Year in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989 and 1990, and SEC Coach of the Year in 1999.

DeBriyn was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 1991, the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2015. The Ashland, Wis., native is also a member of the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame.

The 18th induction class, comprised of players, coaches and other builders of the game who have positively impacted college baseball, will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented on Feb. 12, 2026, in Overland Park, Kan., the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will serve as the ceremonial start to the 2026 college baseball season, which begins on Feb. 13, 2026. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit 2026 Night of Champions.

Along with the Hall of Fame inductees, the Night of Champions will celebrate the winners of the 2025 College Baseball Foundation awards, including Roch Cholowksy, UCLA (Brooks Wallace Award); Jake Knapp, North Carolina (National Pitcher of the Year); Evan Dempsey, Florida Gulf Coast (John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year); Brad Neffendorf, LSU Shreveport (Skip Bertman Coach of the Year); and Larry Lee, Cal Poly (Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence). Alex Lodise, Florida State (Dick Howser Trophy) and the 2025 Buster Posey Award winner (TBA) will also be recognized.

To be eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, players must be out of college for 15 years and have completed one year of competition at a two-year institution in the CCCAA, NJCAA or a four-year NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA institution. Ballot-eligible coaches must be retired for two years or be active and no less than 75 years old.

2025 COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS

Players

• Gene Ammann, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1968-70

• Kris Benson, Pitcher, Clemson University, 1994-96

• Kip Bouknight, Pitcher, University of South Carolina, 1998-2001

• Hubie Brooks, Shortstop, Mesa College/Arizona State University, 1976-78

• Gene Hooks, Third Baseman, Wake Forest University, 1947-50

• Mike Loynd, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1984-86

• Mark McGwire, First Baseman/Pitcher, University of Southern California, 1982-84

• Phil Nevin, Third Base, Cal State Fullerton, 1990-92

• David Price, Pitcher, Vanderbilt University, 2005-07

• Earl Sanders, Pitcher, Jackson State University, 1984-86

• Mike Stenhouse, Outfielder, Harvard University, 1977-79

• Stephen Strasburg, Pitcher, San Diego State University, 2007-09

• Joe Thomas, Pitcher/First Baseman, Marietta College, 1994-97

Coaches

• Norm DeBriyn, Coach, University of Arkansas, 1970-2002

• *Clint Evans, Coach, University of California, 1930-54

• *Ray Fisher, Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach, Middlebury College 1907-09/1910 (Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach) / University of Michigan / 1921-59 (Coach)

• Les Murakami, Coach, University of Hawai’i, 1968-97

• Ray Tanner, Coach, North Carolina State, 1988-96/University of South Carolina, 1997-2012

• Jerry Weinstein, Coach, Sacramento City College, 1975-98

* To be inducted posthumously

Administrators / Builders / Umpires

• Scott Boras, Agent, University of the Pacific, 1972-76

• Paul Guillie, Umpire – 1990-2014/SEC Coordinator of Baseball Umpires – 2014-current