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Coach Emeritus Lyle Sanderson, BAPE’63, MSc’69

A faculty member in the College of Kinesiology at the U of S until his retirement in 2004, Lyle Sanderson was also Head Coach of the U of S Track and Field and Cross Country Teams that won 11 CIS/CIAU National University Championships and 37 Conference Championships. An inductee into the Huskie Athletic Wall of Fame and a 2003 Queens Golden Jubilee Medal for service to athletics in Canada, his influence extends far beyond the University. During his extraordinary career, he was named to the Canadian Coaching Staff for 54 Athletics Canada National Teams, including three Olympic Games, two World Championships, two Pan American Games, the Commonwealth Games, and two World University (FISU) Games.