Returning to the Tri-State (West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky) area, Dandelet played for semi-professional football teams like Armco Steel in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and with early National Football League teams like the Ironton (Ohio) Tanks and Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (today's Detroit Lions organization), while coaching football at his alma mater, the Wonders of Ceredo-Kenova High School in nearby Wayne County, West Virginia.
Dandelet returned to the Tri-State area, playing for semi-pro football teams like Armco Steel in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and with early NFL teams such as Ironton Tanks and Portsmouth Spartans (now Detroit Lions), while coaching at his alma mater's high school, Wonders of Ceredo-Kenova High School, in Wayne County, West Virginia.