Bermuda National Athletics Association (BNAA) head coach Troy Douglas has assembled a crack team of coaches to help inspire the next generation of athletes.The four-time Olympian has spent the last two months putting together his coaching staff who will assist him in rolling out his talent development programme.Ex-World Indoor triple jump champion Brian Wellman, multiple May 24 winner Mike Watson and Olympic sprinter Devon Bean are among the 11 appointments.“I’ve been on the job for two months and part of my responsibility has been putting together a coaching staff to elevate our programme to the next level,” said Douglas, who quit his post at the Netherlands Athletics Federation after the London Games.“This is pretty much the staff I envisioned when I first took the head coach’s position.“Even when I was in the Netherlands I was thinking about the guys I wanted and this team is perfect for what I need.”Douglas has brought in three middle distance coaches in Watson, Jarita Vickers and Jay Donawa, with Bean, Mike Swan and Xavier James in charge of the sprint and relay programme.Linda Manders, Sonya Smith and Terry-Lynn Paynter have been named as the throwing coaches with Wellman, who missed out on the head coach’s job, overseeing the jumping events.Bermuda Pacers Club coach Cal Simons will also work closely with Douglas as a youth development coach.“It’s my responsibility together with the Bermuda National Athletic Association to develop our coaches,” said Douglas, Bermuda’s most decorated sprinter. “If we don’t take the time to make them better and give them experience then we’re not doing our job.“We’re looking to develop up and coming young coaches and to implement a coaching programme for them.”Douglas believes his ‘troubleshooting’ role as head coach is twofold: first, to broaden the knowledge of his coaching team; and second, to prepare the club athletes for the international level.“Together with Cal Simons and all of the Bermuda club teams we’re looking to create a talent development programme for kids aged 8 to 14,” said Douglas, who revealed that between 30 and 40 athletes, aged 15 to 19, had already started working with the new BNAA coaches.“It’s a building process, everybody is getting used to their new positions and functions.“It’s going to take time to get going but by February or March I think it will be rolling at its peak.“One of our biggest challenges to help the transition from the club all the way to the national programme. At the moment I feel we prepare our athletes for the college level but not the international level.”