 Gerschwiler joined the staff of the Richmond Ice Rink in 1937.He was head coach there from 1938, and served as director in 1964 until the facility was demolished in 1992.He coached the Czech skater Alena Vrzanova (Aja Zanova), world champion in 1949 and 1950, as well as his own nephew Hans Gerschwiler, the 1948 Olympic silver medallist.