in the 1990s, dare left queensland to serve in assistant coaching roles at (1996 to 2000), then (2001 to 2003). he returned for a second two-year stint at southport in 2004, winning another premiership with the club in 2005, after which he stepped aside. in 2011, he returned to coach southport (now in the north east australian football league) for a third time, where he was senior coach for a further three years.