 After the 1899 season concluded, Wurtenburg declined to return the next year. Instead, he was replaced by one of his former players, Frederick E. Jennings. During the time that Wurtenburg coached Dartmouth, the program went 23 – 23 – 2 and won four consecutive Triangular Football League championships. The team had also amassed an 8 – 2 conference record. Jennings took the 1900 squad to a 2 – 4 – 2 record, and was replaced following that season by Walter McCornack. He found more success with the program and led it to a 15 – 3 – 1 record over two years. The Big Green would never win another Triangular Football League championship; the conference folded after the 1901 season. Following his coaching career, Wurtenburg became an occasional referee for Yale, and later established himself as a respected surgeon. Fred Crolius, captain of the 1898 team, would reflect on Wurtenburg's coaching career at Dartmouth for William "Big Bill" Edwards' book Football Days, stating that:
