Olympian Troy Douglas has said that he is planning on retiring from coaching after 2028.

Douglas competed for Bermuda at three Olympic Games ― Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) ― in the 200 and 400 metres before relocating to the Netherlands and has recently been coaching in India.

But in a recent two-day elite coaching course in Chennai, the 63-year-old revealed that the time is drawing near on his retirement from mentoring India’s top athletes after 2028.

“I’m going to go back and spend time with my three grandkids and be a full-time grandfather,” he said.

Douglas has been head coach of athletics at the Inspire Institute of Sport in Karnataka since August 2025 and his responsibilities include building India’s sprinting capabilities, including targeting improvements in the 4×100 metres relay and overall technique for young athletes.

Born in Bermuda, Douglas emerged as one of the island's premier track and field athletes during the 1980s and 1990s and alongside contemporaries such as high jumper Nicky Saunders and triple jumper Brian Wellman, he was part of Bermuda’s “golden generation” of track and field athletes.

“He debuted internationally at the age of 16 in the Carifta Games and went on to reach the semi-finals in the 400 metres at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. His standout performance for Bermuda came at the 1995 World Indoor Championships, where he earned a silver medal in the 200 metres.

After moving to the Netherlands, Douglas continued his elite career, winning national titles in the 60 metres in 1999 and 2001. He set a world indoor masters record in the 60 metres with 6.78 seconds.

Representing his adopted country, he secured a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Paris

Douglas's personal bests include 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres (2001), 20.19 seconds in the 200 metres (2001) and a Dutch national record of 20.77 seconds in the 200 meters short track (1997).