[2] He served as an assistant at TCU before taking over as head coach for Jim Pittman, who died midway through the 1971 season.
[4][5] Seventeen months after replacing Pittman, Tohill had a serious automobile accident that nearly killed him and left him with a prosthetic foot.
In 1974, Tohill became part of the recruiting team and the coach of the defensive backs[6] for the Birmingham Americans of the World Football League (WFL).
In early 1990, Tohill would resign as football coach and athletic director of Pelham High School.
Although the reasons were never made clear, it was stated that this move was due to clashes with the school administration.