An Eagle Grove, Iowa native, Marv Reiland may be best remembered for his impact as a coach and official. After being a two-time NCAA Division II All-American and an NCAA Division I All-American for the University of Northern Iowa, he returned to his hometown and became the head wrestling coach at Eagle Grove High School, a position he would hold for 17 years. During that time the Eagles became a perennial state power in wrestling.

Reiland's teams captured Iowa high school state team titles in 1974, 1986 and 1987 while finishing runners-up in 1973 and 1982 and winning the first Iowa state dual team championship in 1987. High School State Team. Of the 71 state qualifiers Reiland coached at Eagle Grove, 14 would win individual state championships, with another 14 finishing as runners-up. His teams posted a career dual record of 129-62-5 and he was named Class 2A Coach of the Year by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association in 1982. He was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1989.

Throughout his coaching career and post coaching days, Reiland continued to give back to the sport he loved by working as an official. He was a certified wrestling official for 45 years and worked 22 IHSAA State Wrestling Traditional Tournaments and 17 IHSAA State Dual Team Tournaments. He was selected by the IWCOA as Iowa Wrestling Official of the Year twice (1996, 2015). Reiland was selected to the IHSAA Officials Hall of Fame in 2010.

Reiland wrestled for UNI from 1966 to 1970 under Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Patten, becoming a successful lightweight competitor and three-year letter winner. He captured two North Central Conference (NCC) individual titles in his career. He finished second at the 1969 NCAA Division II Championships at 130 pounds to earn All-American honors qualifying for the Division I Championships where he placed sixth and also earned Division I All-American status. He added a third All-American honor as a senior in 1970 at 134 pounds, placing fourth, at the Division II NCAA Championships.

Reiland worked in education for 42 years after graduation from UNI.