 Daland in 1964 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 12, 1921 New York City, New York |
| Died | October 20, 2014 (aged 93) Thousand Oaks, California |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Swarthmore College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1947-1955 | Rose Valley Suburban League, Pa. |
| 1950-1955 | Suburban Swim Club, Newton Square, Pa. |
| 1955-1956 | Asst. Coach, Yale University |
| 1957-1992 | University of Southern California Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 318-31-1 (.917) (USC) Dual meet record[1] |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 9 NCAA Championships (USC) 14 AAU Men's National titles (USC) 2 AAU Women's National titles (USC) 17 Pac-10 titles (USC) | |
| Awards | |
| US Olympic Coach Women (1964) US Olympic Coach Men (1972) NCAA Coach of the Year 1962 ASCA Coach of the Year 1975 AAU Swimming Award 1976 Nat. Colleg.& Scholastic Trophy CSCAA 100 Greatest Coaches 2021[2] USC's Peter Dalland Pool International Swimming Hall of Fame | |
Peter Daland (April 12, 1921 – October 20, 2014) was an International Swimming Hall of Fame U.S. Olympic and collegiate swim coach from the United States, best-known for coaching the University of Southern California Trojans swim team to nine NCAA championships from 1957-1992. Daland started Philadelphia's Suburban Swim Club around 1950, an outstanding youth program, which he coached through 1955,[3] then served briefly as an Assistant Coach at Yale from 1955-56, where he was mentored by Olympic Coach and long serving Yale Head Coach Bob Kiphuth.[4]
He was born in New York City to Elliot and Katherine Daland, but grew up in Philadelphia, where after college, he began a coaching career[5] that spanned over 40 years. Peter's more traditional father was slow to approve his unorthodox choice of careers.[6]
Daland attended Harvard University as did his father, and grandfather, before he enlisted in the United States Army for World War II.[7] After the war, he graduated from Swarthmore College in 1948 and got his first coaching job at the Rose Valley Suburban League in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, where he won 8 straight Suburban League titles (1947–55). Around 1950, he founded and was the first coach of the Suburban Swim Club, now called the Suburban Seahawks Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania and served as an assistant coach to Bob Kiphuth at Yale University.[3][4]
In 1956, he decided to take Horace Greeley's advice to head west and became coach at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Recognizing the future of California swimming, and showing persistence, Daland endured rejection from fifty California clubs that turned down his application.[8] Demonstrating his early success, in 1958, after two years on the USC coaching staff, he returned to Yale with 5 USC Freshmen and won the National AAU Team Title from the New Haven Swim Club.[4]
- ^ "Marsteller, Jason, Public Memorial Service for Peter Dalland". October 25, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ "Edmund, Emma, CSCAA Names 100 Greatest Coaches". December 8, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ a b "History of Suburban Swim Club". gomotionapp.com. gomotionapp. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Chawkins, Steve, "Coach of Swimming Champions", New York Times, New York, New York, pg. 15, 21 October 2014
- ^ Crowe, Jerry (April 11, 2011). "Crowe's Nest: Even at 90, life for former USC coach Peter Daland is going swimmingly". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
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