 Sarkisyan announced his retirement from his sports career in 2006 and focused on business and coaching.He coached his son David, who, in 2004 and 2008, became the winner of Oceania Championships in the weight classes of lightweight (69 kg) and middleweight (77 kg), respectively.David Sarkisyan was given a two-year international ban from weightlifting competition after testing positive to Testosterone supplementation in an ASADA anti-doping test in 2010.