Bohler's 1916–17 team finished the season with a 25–1 record,[2] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

[3][4] Bohler was also the head baseball coach at Washington State from 1916 to 1920, tallying a mark of 47–27–1.

The Bohler Gymnasium, opened on the WSC campus in 1928, was named for him in 1946.

[5] Bohler served on the city council in Pullman and was its mayor from 1948 to 1951.

Bohler died in Pullman at age 75,[8][9] and is buried at its city cemetery.