Founder and Executive Director
Dan Doyle
The Institute for International Sport and Hall of Fame Press
Proudly Announce
The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting
By Dan Doyle with Deborah Doermann Burch
“Dan Doyle is about to give a great gift to American society.”
Dr. Richard Lapchick
Founding Director, Center for the Study of Sport in Society
For the last seven and a half years, Dan Doyle and Deborah Doermann Burch have researched and written The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. The Encyclopedia will be published in two volumes, both of which will be approximately 425 pages in length. Volume I will be for sale on-line, only through Hall of Fame Press, in November, 2007 through January 2008, and will then be available in bookstores throughout the United States and abroad in February, 2008. Watch the Institute website and blog for future publication information on Volume II of The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting and The Master Coach Manual by Dan Doyle.
The objective of The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting and Master Coach series is to address the wide array of issues faced by sports parents and coaches. Volume I of the Encyclopedia focuses on helping sports parents develop a clear sports parenting philosophy with principles which can be consistently employed by athletes from youth leagues through their college sports careers. The Master Coach Manual will set standards for coaching excellence and explore the societal impact of the Master Coach.
- Click here to read the chapter titles of Volume I
- Click here to read a sampling of chapter titles for Volume II
- Click here to read a sampling of the many useful and valuable lists that are included in Volume I
Extraordinary Feedback!
“This book contains more wisdom about parenting, not just sports parenting, than I've ever seen in one place.”
Tom Condon
The Hartford Courant
“Stunningly Thorough”
Jack Ridl, Famed Sports Poet
“Awesome!”
Chuck Wielgus
Executive Director of USA Swimming
Senator George Mitchell
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Acclaimed Novelist
“A Masterpiece”
Michael Cleary
Executive Director, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic Directors
“Doyle should win the Pulitzer Prize”
Susan Summons
Acclaimed Motivational Speaker & Coach
“Brilliant”
Mark Murphy
Athletic Director, Northwestern University
Volume I has already been read by 50 distinguished individuals, including Senator George Mitchell, acclaimed novelist Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, Northwestern University Athletic Director Mark Murphy, renowned Coach and Motivational Speaker Susan Summons, Princeton University Athletic Director Gary Walters, Founder and Executive Director of the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University, Jim Thompson, acclaimed Poet Lynn Hoffman, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at St. Mary’s College, Barbara Bausch, and many others. Click here to read a sampling of the testimonials.
How to Purchase The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting
Beginning October 15, 2007 Hall of Fame Press will accept online orders for Volume I of The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, with shipping available before Christmas. The only place to purchase Volume I of The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting prior to February 1, 2008 is online through Hall of Fame Press or at a “roll-out reception.” Full purchase details will be available on this website on October 15. The book will be available in bookstores or through other vendors on February 1, 2008.
If you are interested in purchasing Volume I online, simply send us an email and we will make sure to send you a reminder email on October 15. You may email us at: iis102@etal.uri.edu.
Three Major Roll-Out Receptions
Hall of Fame Press will hold three major roll-out receptions in early December, in the following communities:
- St. John’s High School in Worcester, Mass - Dan Doyle’s high school alma mater/hometown - where Michael Welch, headmaster at St. John’s High, will introduce Dan.
- West Hartford, Connecticut - Dan’s residence since 1978 - where Donald “Dee” Rowe, Dan’s Coach at Worcester Academy, will introduce Dan, and Arnold Dean, famed WTIC sports talk show host will serve as MC.
- Rhode Island State House - where Attorney General (and former employee of the Institute for International Sport) Patrick Lynch, will introduce Dan.
