His son, George, competed for the Anteaters, as have five grandsons.
Newland, the 1989 NCAA Coach of the Year, received that honor on three other occasions and he was named conference Coach of the Year eight times.
Newland served as head coach for the U.S. teams in the World University Games a total of five times: 1999 in Spain, 1995 in Japan, 1991 in Great Britain, 1979 in Bulgaria and 1973 in Russia. He also coached the U.S. national team and American squads in the Pan American Games. He was president of the American Water Polo Coaches Assn. and served as secretary-rules editor of the NCAA Water Polo Committee. He is the only coach to have had two teams in the top four of the Outdoor U.S. Water Polo Championships, and he accomplished that three times. Over all levels of his coaching career, he won more than 5,300 games.
He also served as UCI's head swim coach in the 1970s, leading the Anteaters to three NCAA Division II championships. Prior to arriving at UCI, he initiated the water polo programs at Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high schools. He led CdM to its first CIF water polo championship in 1965.
In 2007, Newland received UCI's highest honor, the Medal, which annually gives formal and lifelong recognition to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the university's mission of teaching, research and public service.
Reverently referred to as the "Old Man," by his players, Newland is a graduate of Occidental College, at which he competed as a goalkeeper.
Information on tickets for the 2014 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame banquet is available at usawaterpolo.org.
— From staff reports
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