McIntyre was appointed manager of Premiership club Dundee on 17 October 2018.[23] McIntyre was sacked on 12 May 2019, after the club had been relegated from the Premiership.[24] McIntyre managed just 4 wins in 31 games, which gave him the worst win percentage (12.90%) of any permanent manager in the club's history until Mark McGhee's stint three years later (7.14%).