McCandless was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan from 1920 to 1923, at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1923–24 season, and at Bethany for the 1924–25 season, amassing a career college basketball record of tallying a mark of 60–43.

In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Bowling Green State Normal in the spring of 1924, tallying a mark of 2–2–2.

The following year he entered Nebraska Wesleyan University, graduating in 1914 with honors for popularity, scholarship and athletics.

McCandless volunteered with the Sixth Nebraska Infantry in 1917, and was appointed Second Lieutenant of the 127th Machine Gun Battalion.

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