Immediately after retiring, Dabove joined
Miguel Ángel Russo's staff as a goalkeeping coach at
Los Andes. He moved to former club Lanús in 2001, under the same role, and was also an interim manager of the main squad for one match in 2003. After leaving Lanús in 2004, Dabove worked as a goalkeeping coach at
Boca Juniors in 2004 before returning to Lanús in 2005. After a short period at
Huracán, he worked under
Néstor Gorosito at
Rosario Central,
Argentinos Juniors (two times),
River Plate,
Xerez,
Independiente and
Tigre. On 8 July 2013, Dabove was appointed manager of
Racing de Olavarría, but resigned on 15 October. He returned to his previous goalkeeping coach role in the following year at
Racing Club, before being named under the same role at the
Bahrain national team. After leaving Bahrein in June 2016, Dabove was named goalkeeping coach of
Sarmiento de Junín before taking the same role
Arsenal de Sarandí at the end of the year. In 2017, he was named coach of the youth categories of
Godoy Cruz. On 13 December 2017, Dabove was appointed manager of Godoy Cruz's main squad, replacing
Mauricio Larriera. On 8 December of the following year, after qualifying the club to the
2019 Copa Libertadores, he left the club after his contract was due to expire, and took over
Argentinos Juniors five days later. Dabove resigned from Argentinos on 12 January 2021, and was named manager of
San Lorenzo seven days later. On 10 May, after the latter's elimination from the
2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional, he asked to leave. On 18 August 2021, Dabove was appointed manager of
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side
Bahia, being the club's eighth foreign manager (fourth Argentine) and the first foreigner since 1979. He was sacked on 6 October, after being in charge for only six matches. ==Managerial statistics==