dair took up a coaching role at east fife and replaced scott crabbe as assistant manager prior to the 2010/11 season. he was appointed manager of junior club oakley united in may 2012 however he resigned from this position in may 2014. in december 2015, dair was appointed assistant manager to colin nish at scottish league one side cowdenbeath, the two having previously played together whilst at dunfermline athletic. with nish being sacked following cowdenbeath's relegation to scottish league two, dair was appointed caretaker manager pending the appointment of a new manager. after liam fox was appointed head coach, dair left the blue brazil at the start of the 2016–17 season.