LOS ANGELES - Peter Daland,
a legendary swimming coach who led USC to nine NCAA men’s titles and coached the U.S. Olympic team twice, died Monday in Thousand Oaks, where he lived. He was 93.
A statement by the university said Daland died of Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition to his nine national titles, Daland, who coached at USC from 1958 through 1992, also led the Trojans to 11 runner-up finishes. Under Daland, USC won 17 league titles and posted a 318-31-1 (.917) dual-meet record.
A six-time National Coach of the Year, Daland’s swimmers won 93 NCAA and 155 Pacific-10 individual and relay titles. The Trojans went undefeated in dual meets in 20 of his 35 seasons.
Among the USC swimmers he coached were John Naber, winner of four Olympic golds and 10 NCAA titles; American record holders Dave Wharton and Mike O’Brien; and Olympic stars Roy Saari, Murray Rose, Jeff Float, Joe and Mike Bottom and Bruce and Steve Furniss.
Daland spent more than 45 years coaching at the club and college levels, becoming one of the most successful and respected collegiate and international swim coaches in history. His U.S. Olympic men’s team in 1972 in Munich won nine gold medals, including seven by Mark Spitz, and his U.S. women at the 1964 Tokyo Games captured six golds.
He also guided American teams to impressive victories against East Germany and the Soviet Union in 1971 and at the World University Games in 1973.
The coach also won 17 national AAU titles (15 men’s at USC and two women’s at the Los Angeles Athletic Club). USC finished first or second in the AAU meet 20 times in Daland’s 35 years.
In a 2011 Ventura County Star interview just before his 90th birthday, Daland said he had to learn to recruit athletes based more on character than purely fast times.
“It took me about eight years before I came out of the ether and realized that’s what you had to do,” he said. “You had to have guys who could become a team. NCAA swimming is team swimming and therefore you have to have guys who care about each other as well as the institution.
The coach made sure he kept a clear line of authority between him and his swimmers, insisting among other things they call him “Mr. Daland” as a sign of respect.
Daland is survived by Ingrid, his wife of nearly 50 years, who started the Daland Swim School in Thousand Oaks in the 1980s. He is also survived by five children: George and Roger (from his first wife), Peter Jr., Bonnie and Leslie, and eight grandchildren.
There will be a private funeral service for Daland’s immediate family.
Peter Daland
Age at Death: 93
Residence: Thousand Oaks, California
Birth 12 Apr 1921 New York
Death:20 Oct 2014 Thousand Oaks, California
Parents: Bob Kiphuth
Brothers and Sisters:Devine, Bottoms, Furniss, Orr
Military: United States Army
a legendary swimming coach who led USC to nine NCAA men’s titles and coached the U.S. Olympic team twice, died Monday in Thousand Oaks, where he lived. He was 93.
A statement by the university said Daland died of Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition to his nine national titles, Daland, who coached at USC from 1958 through 1992, also led the Trojans to 11 runner-up finishes. Under Daland, USC won 17 league titles and posted a 318-31-1 (.917) dual-meet record.
A six-time National Coach of the Year, Daland’s swimmers won 93 NCAA and 155 Pacific-10 individual and relay titles. The Trojans went undefeated in dual meets in 20 of his 35 seasons.
Among the USC swimmers he coached were John Naber, winner of four Olympic golds and 10 NCAA titles; American record holders Dave Wharton and Mike O’Brien; and Olympic stars Roy Saari, Murray Rose, Jeff Float, Joe and Mike Bottom and Bruce and Steve Furniss.
Daland spent more than 45 years coaching at the club and college levels, becoming one of the most successful and respected collegiate and international swim coaches in history. His U.S. Olympic men’s team in 1972 in Munich won nine gold medals, including seven by Mark Spitz, and his U.S. women at the 1964 Tokyo Games captured six golds.
He also guided American teams to impressive victories against East Germany and the Soviet Union in 1971 and at the World University Games in 1973.
The coach also won 17 national AAU titles (15 men’s at USC and two women’s at the Los Angeles Athletic Club). USC finished first or second in the AAU meet 20 times in Daland’s 35 years.
In a 2011 Ventura County Star interview just before his 90th birthday, Daland said he had to learn to recruit athletes based more on character than purely fast times.
“It took me about eight years before I came out of the ether and realized that’s what you had to do,” he said. “You had to have guys who could become a team. NCAA swimming is team swimming and therefore you have to have guys who care about each other as well as the institution.
The coach made sure he kept a clear line of authority between him and his swimmers, insisting among other things they call him “Mr. Daland” as a sign of respect.
Daland is survived by Ingrid, his wife of nearly 50 years, who started the Daland Swim School in Thousand Oaks in the 1980s. He is also survived by five children: George and Roger (from his first wife), Peter Jr., Bonnie and Leslie, and eight grandchildren.
There will be a private funeral service for Daland’s immediate family.
Peter Daland
Age at Death: 93
Residence: Thousand Oaks, California
Birth 12 Apr 1921 New York
Death:20 Oct 2014 Thousand Oaks, California
Parents: Bob Kiphuth
Brothers and Sisters:Devine, Bottoms, Furniss, Orr
Military: United States Army
LOS ANGELES - Peter Daland,
a legendary swimming coach who led USC to nine NCAA men’s titles and coached the U.S. Olympic team twice, died Monday in Thousand Oaks, where he lived. He was 93.
A statement by the university said Daland died of Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition to his nine national titles, Daland, who coached at USC from 1958 through 1992, also led the Trojans to 11 runner-up finishes. Under Daland, USC won 17 league titles and posted a 318-31-1 (.917) dual-meet record.
A six-time National Coach of the Year, Daland’s swimmers won 93 NCAA and 155 Pacific-10 individual and relay titles. The Trojans went undefeated in dual meets in 20 of his 35 seasons.
Among the USC swimmers he coached were John Naber, winner of four Olympic golds and 10 NCAA titles; American record holders Dave Wharton and Mike O’Brien; and Olympic stars Roy Saari, Murray Rose, Jeff Float, Joe and Mike Bottom and Bruce and Steve Furniss.
Daland spent more than 45 years coaching at the club and college levels, becoming one of the most successful and respected collegiate and international swim coaches in history. His U.S. Olympic men’s team in 1972 in Munich won nine gold medals, including seven by Mark Spitz, and his U.S. women at the 1964 Tokyo Games captured six golds.
He also guided American teams to impressive victories against East Germany and the Soviet Union in 1971 and at the World University Games in 1973.
The coach also won 17 national AAU titles (15 men’s at USC and two women’s at the Los Angeles Athletic Club). USC finished first or second in the AAU meet 20 times in Daland’s 35 years.
In a 2011 Ventura County Star interview just before his 90th birthday, Daland said he had to learn to recruit athletes based more on character than purely fast times.
“It took me about eight years before I came out of the ether and realized that’s what you had to do,” he said. “You had to have guys who could become a team. NCAA swimming is team swimming and therefore you have to have guys who care about each other as well as the institution.
The coach made sure he kept a clear line of authority between him and his swimmers, insisting among other things they call him “Mr. Daland” as a sign of respect.
Daland is survived by Ingrid, his wife of nearly 50 years, who started the Daland Swim School in Thousand Oaks in the 1980s. He is also survived by five children: George and Roger (from his first wife), Peter Jr., Bonnie and Leslie, and eight grandchildren.
There will be a private funeral service for Daland’s immediate family.
Peter Daland
Age at Death: 93
Residence: Thousand Oaks, California
Birth 12 Apr 1921 New York
Death:20 Oct 2014 Thousand Oaks, California
Parents: Bob Kiphuth
Brothers and Sisters:Devine, Bottoms, Furniss, Orr
Military: United States Army
a legendary swimming coach who led USC to nine NCAA men’s titles and coached the U.S. Olympic team twice, died Monday in Thousand Oaks, where he lived. He was 93.
A statement by the university said Daland died of Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition to his nine national titles, Daland, who coached at USC from 1958 through 1992, also led the Trojans to 11 runner-up finishes. Under Daland, USC won 17 league titles and posted a 318-31-1 (.917) dual-meet record.
A six-time National Coach of the Year, Daland’s swimmers won 93 NCAA and 155 Pacific-10 individual and relay titles. The Trojans went undefeated in dual meets in 20 of his 35 seasons.
Among the USC swimmers he coached were John Naber, winner of four Olympic golds and 10 NCAA titles; American record holders Dave Wharton and Mike O’Brien; and Olympic stars Roy Saari, Murray Rose, Jeff Float, Joe and Mike Bottom and Bruce and Steve Furniss.
Daland spent more than 45 years coaching at the club and college levels, becoming one of the most successful and respected collegiate and international swim coaches in history. His U.S. Olympic men’s team in 1972 in Munich won nine gold medals, including seven by Mark Spitz, and his U.S. women at the 1964 Tokyo Games captured six golds.
He also guided American teams to impressive victories against East Germany and the Soviet Union in 1971 and at the World University Games in 1973.
The coach also won 17 national AAU titles (15 men’s at USC and two women’s at the Los Angeles Athletic Club). USC finished first or second in the AAU meet 20 times in Daland’s 35 years.
In a 2011 Ventura County Star interview just before his 90th birthday, Daland said he had to learn to recruit athletes based more on character than purely fast times.
“It took me about eight years before I came out of the ether and realized that’s what you had to do,” he said. “You had to have guys who could become a team. NCAA swimming is team swimming and therefore you have to have guys who care about each other as well as the institution.
The coach made sure he kept a clear line of authority between him and his swimmers, insisting among other things they call him “Mr. Daland” as a sign of respect.
Daland is survived by Ingrid, his wife of nearly 50 years, who started the Daland Swim School in Thousand Oaks in the 1980s. He is also survived by five children: George and Roger (from his first wife), Peter Jr., Bonnie and Leslie, and eight grandchildren.
There will be a private funeral service for Daland’s immediate family.
Peter Daland
Age at Death: 93
Residence: Thousand Oaks, California
Birth 12 Apr 1921 New York
Death:20 Oct 2014 Thousand Oaks, California
Parents: Bob Kiphuth
Brothers and Sisters:Devine, Bottoms, Furniss, Orr
Military: United States Army
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