Mr. Doyle also wrote The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, which was placed into nomination for a Pulitzer Prize by a distinguished group of educators, authors and physicians. The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting has already won two major book awards. Mr. Doyle is a regular guest on ESPN's Outside The Lines program, as well as other programs on CNN, Fox News and ABC.

Mr. Doyle founded the Institute for International Sport in 1986 at the University of Rhode Island.

The Institute is now considered by many to be the foremost sports education initiative in the world. Among the programs Mr. Doyle conceived at the Institute are National Sportsmanship Day and the World Scholar-Athlete Games.

Dr. Richard Lapchick, one of our nation's leading sports educators, has remarked, "Dan Doyle continues to do the most amazing work I know of in the world of sport. The sheer magnitude and depth of the programs Dan has put out and the writings he has produced have made a greater contribution to the world of sport than anybody I can think of." General Colin Powell recently made the statement: "Dan Doyle and his team are on an historic mission toward world peace."

Mr. Doyle has received numerous awards, including induction into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame and being awarded the prestigious Terence Cardinal Cooke Humanitarian Award at a major dinner aboard the Intrepid in New York City. In June, 2010, Mr. Doyle was formally inducted into the Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society at a dinner in Boston.

Mr. Doyle lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife, Katherine. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle are the parents of six children, Daniel III, Matthew, Andrew, Margaret, Caroline and Julie.

Mr. Doyle's complete bio appears on the Institute for International Sport web site, www.internationalsport.org.

Associate Director: Meg Doyle, former varsity basketball player at both Kingswood Oxford School and Bates College. Meg has recently completed studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Program Coordinators: Jack Casey, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Mt. Ida College; Garth Adams, Athletic Director and Head Boys' Basketball Coach, Kingswood Oxford School; Dino Aguado, Coach, Counselor & Administrator, Hartford Public Schools, and Durelle Brown, professional basketball player.

Assistant Directors: Matt Kocay, Danny Brown, Dexter Williams-Bey, and Sterling Scanlon. Plus! Special appearances by Jared Jordan, former star at Marist College and current professional basketball player.