Daland attended Harvard University before enlisting in the United States Army for World World War World War II
His coaching career spanned over 40 years. He founded and was first coach of the Suburban Swim Club in Newtown Square, Pa and served as an assistant to Bob Kiphuth at Yale University before deciding to take Horace Greeley"s advice and head west in 1956 as coach at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Foreign 35 years (1957–1992), Daland was the swimming coach for the University of Southern California Trojans, where he led the Trojans to 9 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.
He also led teams to 14 Amateur Athletic Union Men"s National titles, and 2 Amateur Athletic Union Women"s National titles.
As of 1974, Daland"s record boasted 183 individual national champions. In those Olympics, Mark Spitz of the United States had a spectacular run, lining up for seven events, winning seven Olympic titles and setting seven world records.
Daland was also active in the swimming community via his roles/positions with FISU, the International University Sports Federation, and ASCA, the American Swimming Coaches Association. He was one of the founders of ASCA, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.
The pool of University of Southern California"s Uytengsu Aquatics Center bears his name.
Daland was married to former German top-class swimmer Ingrid Feuerstack. On October 20, 2014, he died in Thousand Oaks, California at the age of 93 of Alzheimer"s disease.