Michael Phelps shares glimpse of his first day in new role

Former American swimmer Michael Phelps is taking up a new role as he steps on to a different domain after an illustrated swimming career. The 39-year-old is reported to be taking up a flag football coaching job where he will have to deal with young children.

Phelps shared a photo of his first coaching day recently from his new endeavor. In the post, the swimming legend can be seen donning a black t-shirt, and white pants and complementing it with black sunglasses and a cap.

He further added in the story, stating (via his Instagram handle):

"Day 1 of coaching 7-8 yr old flag football in the books! Wish us luck"

Screenshot of Phelps' Instagram story feat his first day of his coaching days (Image via: Phelps Instagram handle)

Michael Phelps has had bits of prior experience in coaching jobs. He had served as a volunteer coach at the University of Michigan during the initial days of his swimming career where he also got to work with his coach, Bob Bowman.

Michael Phelps slams the United States Olympic Committee for their inability to deal with mental support

Phelps during the Men's 4x400m medley relay with his teammates on the eighth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Image via: Getty Images)

Michael Phelps recently opened up about the inability of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to help him with mental care. The American swimmer has been suffering from anxiety and depression ever since his swimming days and is also an avid advocate of mental health after his retirement.

In an interview with NBC, Phelps stated that he went to the training rooms of USOC but it gave him little help. The Baltimore native mentioned the work that organizations such as ABC have taken certain steps in the "right direction" but are not up to their full prowess. He said:

"I walked into training rooms at the USOC and couldn’t get care … The athletes need to be first. The ABC organizations have taken some steps in the right direction to get help and care that us athletes need, but they are not doing everything they can, and that upsets me. I want to seem them put the athletes first."

During the interview, Michael Phelps also stated that he was afraid that his competitors would overtake him in the swimming circuit because of the stress and anxieties that he had to deal with outside the pool.