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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

2. How Norm DeBriyn Built Razorback Baseball

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It’s the story of how Arkansas baseball went from playing at the fairgrounds to becoming one of the top programs in the country. We visit with legendary Razorback baseball coach Norm DeBriyn, and talk about how he ended up in Arkansas (4:20), how he eventually got the head coaching job (8:30), teaching Driver’s Ed (11:40), and how he helped get Baum-Walker Stadium built (29:30). We’ll also chat with him and current coach Dave Van Horn about when Norm decided the time was right to pass the baton to his former player (39:00), and coming so close to winning a national championship (50:30).

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I've got Driver's Ed going on and we're in the pit lot 44. I had a blowout simulator on my driver's

0:08.4

car is a tank and so we're practicing I go in and I'm working on a baseball practice plan.

0:14.7

There's one car in the parking lot, one car, I mean so we're fine.

0:21.8

They hit that damn car.

0:23.0

And the guy that hit it was Russ Garner, football player.

0:30.0

To this day, you can ask him about it and he'll tell you I was sure that I got Norm's ass fired on that day. Welcome to episode two of the hog Pot. This is the story of how a driver's ed teacher

0:56.7

built what's now a powerhouse baseball program. The Hog Pot is produced by

1:01.4

Bart Pullman directed and edited by a sawyer Radler.

1:05.0

I'm your host, Bo Mattingly.

1:07.0

There are a few things to get Razorback fans fired up.

1:10.0

One of them is baseball, and it makes sense. It's a nationally relevant program one you can count on year in and year out

1:17.6

That's because mostly

1:19.6

Razorback baseball delivers

1:21.6

He struck him out swinging.

1:23.8

Your razorbacks are playing for the national title.

1:26.5

How do you like it?

1:28.0

The hogs are going on the hall.

1:31.0

And we've got a mob seen out by the pitchers mound, the dog pile.

1:35.0

Dave Van Horn and his program have delivered time and time again,

1:39.0

and fans have noticed, creating one of the best atmospheres in baseball at Baum Walker Stadium,

1:45.0

a park routinely mentioned as one of the best in the country.

1:49.0

It's big business, man.

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