After retiring from skating, he moved to the United States and became a coach at the Skating Club of New York.[1] In 1937, he published an illustrated instructional book, Willy Boeckl on Figure Skating, which focused on compulsory figures and free skating, but also included chapters on pair skating, ice dance, and carnival (ice show) skating.[3] He published a second book in 1940, How to Judge Figure Skating, which was primarily about judging compulsory figures.[4]
He announced a retirement from coaching in 1944 to work as president of a tire company.[6] Boeckl continued to be involved in skating and lead an ice show tour in Europe in 1953.[7] After retiring, Boeckl moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Following the death of his wife, he returned to Austria, where he died in 1975.[2]