[3] He attended the University of Washington and was the team's starting center on defense, receiving all-star notoriety and declared the "best center-rush ever turned out at the Seattle varsity" and "never fails to 'get the charge' on his opponent".
[5] Scherer was the head football coach at the Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas for three seasons, from 1910 to 1912, compiling a record of 8–13–2.
[6] After a winless 1910 season, Scherer began 1911 with better hope, though noting a lack of returning men from his main rotation.
[9] After his college coaching career, Scherer returned to Chehalis where he began to raise Holstein cows in 1921, quickly becoming a successful breeder.
[17] Scherer filed a request for divorce two months later in mid-October, claiming his new bride "developed a dislike for him" and he was being treated cruelly.