following the end of his playing career, dare remained at fitzroy and served two seasons as reserves coach. in 1980 he moved to queensland, and coached the kedron football club to a qafl premiership in 1980. in 1982, he moved to southport. he coached there from 1982–1988, and was the club's inaugural qafl coach when it moved to the state's top league from the gold coast australian football league in 1983. dare won three qafl premierships with southport during that time, in 1983, 1985 and 1987. in 1989, dare moved to the brisbane bears in the vfl/afl as an assistant coach, and then as senior coach in 1990, but both seasons resulted in wooden spoons, which ended dare's coaching career with the bears. he continued to serve in an administrative role with the club during the early 1990s. while active as a coach during this time, dare also regularly coached queensland in interstate football.