Martin deLivron
Marty deLivron
Between boys soccer and baseball, Marty spent nearly 40 years coaching in Avon. He first began the Avon Middle School soccer program in 1970 and coached the team for four years. After three years as the junior varsity coach, Marty took the reins of the varsity boys soccer program in 1978 and coached the Falcons for 22 years, winning 330 matches with 68 losses and 24 ties. He led the Falcons to six state championships (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 2001) and appearances in 11 state championship games. His 1988 team finished 20-0 and was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the National Soccer Coaches Association final poll. It is the only Avon boy soccer team to finish the season unbeaten and untied. Three times, he was named the state soccer coach of the year by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (1998), the National Soccer Coaches Association (2000) and the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association (2004). Marty graduated from Girard College High in Philadelphia where he played soccer, wrestled, and played baseball. He attended Hofstra where he played on the varsity baseball team for one season along with stints on the freshman soccer and baseball teams. Marty co-started the middle school baseball team in 1971 and coached the squad for three seasons. He was the junior varsity baseball coach for four years (1974-77) before becoming the varsity coach in 1978. He coached the Falcons for 36 years, posting an overall record of 483-256 before stepping down after the 2014 season. Marty led the Falcons to nine league championships – three Northwest Conference Division II titles and six North Central Connecticut Conference titles. He was the American Baseball Coaches Association’s Region III Coach of the Year in 1999 and was inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) Hall of Fame in 2016. Outside of Avon, he spent two years as an American Legion baseball coach (1978-79) and was the third base coach for the Torrington Twisters collegiate baseball team for nine years (1999-2008) in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. He also coached in the Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League for four years (2009-2012). Marty served on the CIAC Baseball Committee from 1995 through 2008 and was the assistant athletic director at Avon High from 2012-14.