Three years ago the Institute for International Sport decided to take on the task of identifying the "100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America." Since we announced this initiative on our web site in 2004, we have received over 1,500 nominations. A distinguished selection committee winnowed the list to 200, and then to 100. The Top 100 list includes an extraordinary array of sports educators including coaches, administrators, sport psychologists, sport poets, sport philosophers and others. The list is broken down into 75 active and 25 emeritus. In addition the selection committee has chosen the "15 Most Influential Sports Education Teams" i.e. organizations who are engaged in highly effective sports education initiatives.Both lists will be formally announced on our web site and via press release in late September, 2007. We can think of no honor in our field greater than being named to one of these two lists.
