{"id":112571,"date":"2014-10-20T12:08:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=112571"},"modified":"2015-01-02T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:56:30","slug":"peter-daland-usc-legend-and-co-founder-of-swimming-world-magazine-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/peter-daland-usc-legend-and-co-founder-of-swimming-world-magazine-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Daland, USC Legend and Co-Founder of Swimming World Magazine, Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: We will update this article throughout the day as notes come in from throughout the swimming community. Check back often. \u00a0Feel free to leave your thoughts about Daland in the comment section as well.<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy: Bill Collins<\/p>\n

THOUSAND OAKS, California, October 20. Peter Daland, a University of Southern California legend and co-founder of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, passed away this morning at the age of 93 of\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

Daland’s coaching career spanned more than four decades. \u00a0Daland graduated from Swarthmore College in 1948 and began coaching in Rose Valley, Pa., where he captured eight straight Suburban League titles from 1947-55. During that time period, he founded the Suburban Swim Club (now called the\u00a0Suburban Seahawks Club)<\/span> in Newtown Square, Pa., before serving as an assistant to legendary Yale coach Bob Kiphuth at Yale. \u00a0In 1956, he took the position as head coach at the University of Southern California and also coached at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

Daland never left USC as a coach. He spent 35 years with the Trojans until retiring in 1992. \u00a0During his time at USC, he led the Trojans to nine NCAA Championships, as well as coached the club to 14 AAU Men’s National titles and 2 AAU Women’s National titles.<\/p>\n

Daland also earned spots on multiple national team coaching staffs. \u00a0He was the coach of the 1964 U.S. Women’s Swim Team, where his team won 15 of the 25 medals available. \u00a0In 1972, he coached the U.S. men’s team that won 26 out of 45 medals awards, including Mark Spitz’s then-record seven Olympic titles and seven world records.<\/p>\n

Daland remained active in the swimming community following his retirement from coaching. \u00a0He had various roles with the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA). \u00a0He was one of the founders of ASCA, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.<\/p>\n

Daland and his wife, Ingrid, just moved to a retirement community in Thousand Oaks, Calif., a year ago. He had the chance to spend some time with some of his former swimmers during a surprise visit a year ago as\u00a0Mike O\u2019Brien, Steve Pickell, Mike Nyeholt, Rod Stewart, Bruce Furniss and John Naber dropped by Daland’s home<\/a>. \u00a0 USC also recently named its new pool after Daland as the Peter Daland Pool is now part of the Uytengsu Aquatics Center, named after a swimmer who Daland coached in the 1980s and went on to become a big donor for USC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There will be a private funeral service for Daland\u2019s immediate family.\u00a0 A public memorial service at USC will be announced at a future date.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, Daland\u2019s family requests that donations be made to the Peter Daland Endowed Head Swimming Coach\u2019s Chair to endow the men\u2019s swimming head coach\u2019s position (c\/o Ron Orr, USC Athletic Department, Heritage Hall, Los Angeles, Calif. 90089-0602).<\/p>\n

Daland is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Ingrid, and five children (George, Roger, Peter Jr., Bonnie and Leslie) and eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Daland also is one of our co-founders, alongside his former boss Kiphuth.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Swimming World CEO Brent Rutemiller spoke with Daland in a pair of interviews in conjunction with the release of “The History of Olympic Swimming: 1896-1936.”<\/p>\n

Rutemiller talked with Daland in the first of a two\u00a0interviews here<\/a>. This edition details the re-emergence of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 through 1916, when the Games were canceled due to World War I. In the second interview<\/a>, listen to the fascinating stories about the Olympic Games between the World Wars. This edition details the staging of the Antwerp, Belgium, Olympic Games in 1920 after they were suspended in 1916 during WWI and continues through Berlin, Germany, Games in 1936 prior to WWII.<\/p>\n

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