coach (1992–1994) After his playing career was over, Daniher took up a career in coaching, with his first job coming when he became an assistant coach at the Essendon Football Club under senior coach Kevin Sheedy in 1992, which included the 1993 premiership before leaving at the end of the 1994 season. Fremantle Football Club assistant coach (1995–1997) Daniher joined the Fremantle Football Club as an assistant coach under senior coach Gerard Neesham for their inaugural season in 1995, where he served in that position until the end of the 1997 season. Melbourne Football Club senior coach (1998–2007) 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. In Daniher's first season as Demons senior coach in the 1998 season, Daniher guided Melbourne to finish fourth on the ladder with fourteen wins and eight losses. Melbourne were however eliminated by the eventual runners-up North Melbourne in the preliminary final. In Daniher’s second season as Melbourne Football club senior coach in the 1999 season, it ended up being a disappointing one, as the Demons under Daniher fell back to finish in 14th position, notching up just six wins and sixteen losses. In the 2000 season at the Melbourne Football Club, Daniher led the Demons to the 2000 AFL Grand Final in his third season at the club where they played against his former team, Essendon, in a match that Melbourne lost by 60 points with the final score Essendon 19.21 (135) to Melbourne 11.9 (75). 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. In the 2002 season, the Demons under Daniher returned to the finals, defeating North Melbourne in the second elimination final at the MCG. However, the Demons under Daniher were eliminated by the Adelaide Crows at the MCG in the second semi-final. In the 2003 season, The Demons under Daniher fell back down the ladder to finish in fourteenth position on the ladder with only five wins for the year and seventeen losses. The Demons under Daniher also lost the last nine games in a row in the