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Norm Berney is not stranger to putting together first-year programs, as this will be the second intercollegiate program that he has started at Corban.
In 2003, Norm put together Corban’s first men’s and women’s cross country teams. The Warriors competed in eight events during the season including the NAIA Region I championships hosted by the University of British Columbia.
In 2006, Norm led the women’s program to its first-ever Cascade Collegiate Conference crown and earned conference Coach of the Year honors in the process. Along with the program’s first-ever conference title, Norm guided the Warriors to their highest national ranking ever (16th) in the final NAIA poll and earned a berth to the 2006 NAIA Championships where the team finished 27th overall.
Norm has been involved in the development of two new cross country programs at the high school level, producing a team district championship and a two-time individual state champion. Norm was an assistant track and cross country coach at Clackamas Community College for eight years. As the head coach in 1984, Clackamas finished second in the state and fourth in the NWACC championships.
“I believe that everyone can benefit from exercise and athletic participation,” Norm said. “No one should be discriminated against because of size, speed or race, and everyone can improve and be an important part of a team. Corban is a place where athletes and students are encouraged to grow spiritually and find God’s plan for their lives.”
Norm was an assistant wrestling coach at Clackamas for four years, and the head wrestling coach from 1975-77, 1978-89. He was named the Oregon Wrestling Coach of the Year five times, and National Coach of the Year in 1987. In 1992 he was installed in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
A graduate of Eastern Oregon State University in 1968, Norm received his M.S. from Portland State University in 1974 and has a solid background in public relations. He has had various speaking engagements in high schools, companies and community organizations primarily in the area of education.
Norm and his wife, Nancy, currently reside in Oregon City. They have a daughter, Marlies, and a son, Thomas, who graduated from Corban and is currently working in the Information System Department.
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