He moved to West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 1975, most notable for his actions in the Round 15, 1975, match against West Adelaide, when Dare managed to jump the fence and hide amongst the crowd to prevent Torrens from being penalised in a head count.
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.
[6] In the 1990s, Dare left Queensland to serve in assistant coaching roles at North Melbourne (1996 to 2000), then Geelong (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.