During his time in the NRFL he won several best and fairest awards before going to college, where he played both Australian rules football and rugby union.

[18] After his time with Fremantle, Daniher then became the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club for 10 seasons from 1998 to 2007, when he replaced Melbourne Football Club caretaker senior coach Greg Hutchison, who replaced Neil Balme, after Balme was sacked in the middle of the 1997 season.

[23] In the 2001 season, after the highs of reaching the Grand Final, the Demons under Daniher slips out of the eight and finished 11th with ten wins and twelve losses.

[27] The 2005 season saw the Demons under Daniher enjoyed a similar run near the top of the ladder, but another late-season fade-out saw them temporarily lose their spot in the eight, before reclaiming their position with close wins over the Western Bulldogs and Geelong, and therefore making the finals, when they finished seventh with twelve wins and ten losses.

They won their next two matches, but a poor showing in a 49-point loss against cellar dwellers, Richmond in Round 12, 2007, and sitting at fifteenth, the second-last placed position on the ladder, put pressure on Daniher's coaching tenure.

On 27 June 2007, Daniher announced that he would resign as Melbourne Football Club senior coach at the end of the 2007 season.

[30][31] However, two days later, on 29 June 2007, Daniher reversed this decision and officially announced that the Round 13, 2007 clash against Essendon would be his last game as Melbourne Demons senior coach.

[33] After leaving coaching, he became the general manager of football operations for the West Coast Eagles in the 2008 season; in September 2013, he stood down from his role for health reasons but kept the condition private until August 2014.

[36] He became co-founder and patron of the charity, Fight MND, which raises money for research through major events, direct donations and the sale of clothing and merchandise including blue and grey beanies.

[37] The annual King's Birthday match between Melbourne and Collingwood has partnered with the Big Freeze charity organisation since 2015 as a fundraiser event for MND research.

[38][39] He was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to people with Motor Neurone Disease and their families through advocacy, public education and fundraising initiatives".