After the war he returned to his work at the University.
During this injury time he returned to college at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
He returned to academia in 1961 at the University of Oregon.
Ainlay spent several years in the real estate business, then returned to school at the University of Alberta.
He returned to teaching at the University of Michigan after this.
On his release he returned to part-time teaching at the University of Maiduguri.
Maihofer returned to his chair at the University of Bielefeld which he held since 1970.
From 1966 he returned to academic life at the University of Kentucky, and elsewhere as a visiting professor.
This year he finally returned to coaching a college team, at the University of Akron.
After the war ended in 1945, he returned to coaching at the University of Georgia.