Gauthier was also the head basketball coach at Michigan Agricultural from 1916 to 1920 and at Ohio Wesleyan for the 1945–1946 season, tallying a career mark of 47–46.

While attending the school, "Gauthier peeled three bushels of potatotes daily to pay for his meals and delivered laundry for expense money.

The biggest victory in his single season as head football coach was a 12–9 decision over Knute Rockne's Notre Dame team.

Gauthier served as the head football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University for 26 years from 1921 to 1946 and compiled a record of 121–98–15.

Gauthier later described the victory over Michigan as the greatest thrill of his career:"No one who was there will ever forget — that little band of Battling Bishops against the mighty Wolves.

With a half-hour to go to game time someone started singing, and soon the locker room rang with close harmony college songs.

[13] He was also a charter inductee into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall Of Fame in 1969.

[5] The Board of Education in Delaware, Ohio voted just a few hours before Gauthier's death to name a new high school stadium in his honor.