For two seasons, Calland was also the head basketball coach at the University of Southern California (USC), his alma mater, tallying a mark of 38–10 from 1927 to 1929.

[3] He left in 1925 to lead nearby Whittier College for two seasons in multiple sports, then returned to USC as head basketball coach in 1927.

[2] In February 1929, Calland was named head football coach and athletic director at the University of Idaho in Moscow, also in the PCC.

His Aztecs won consecutive SCIAC championships (1936, 1937), with players including John D. Butler, a future mayor of San Diego (1951–1955).

In his early forties, Calland entered the U.S. Navy during World War II, and served as a recreation officer at the 11th Naval District in San Diego.