Dauber served as an assistant football coach at Mississippi State from 1929 to 1930. In 1929, he and head coach John W. Hancock formed one of the youngest coaching staffs in the country. In 1934, he was serving as the freshman team coach at Tulane University. He was promoted to ends coach in 1936. Dauber also coached the Tulane basketball team. He resigned from Tulane in March 1938.