Coach Yang Zhuliang hopes he will be given a chance to train national diver Cheong Jun Hoong for next year's assignments.
Zhuliang's contract with the NSC ends later this month, and he will return to Australia where he holds a PR (permanent resident) status before travelling to China.
Zhuliang revealed that he would still like to train Jun Hoong, a former world champion, for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and the Hangzhou Asian Games next year.
"My contract with the NSC ends this month, and I want to return to Brisbane first to sort out my China visa application.
"I am unable to do it here. I want to go back to my hometown in Jiangsu to look after my parents.
"Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, I have not seen them for more than a year.
"If Jun Hoong wants to continue training with me, we can work something out. Maybe she can come to China.
"I know her commitment, and I think we can achieve some results.
"I am also very grateful to the NSC for their support, although I could not achieve the best result for Malaysia (at the Tokyo Olympics).
"Jun Hoong only knew she was going to the Olympics a month before the event and was training under difficult circumstances, so I am proud of her regardless of the result," said Zhuliang, who was the national coach when he guided Jun Hoong to the women's 10m platform individual world title in 2017.
For the record, it was Jun Hoong who had requested the NSC to hire Zhuliang ahead of the Tokyo Olympics following knee surgeries in 2018.
Jun Hoong, however, failed to make an impact in Tokyo by finishing 26th out of 30 divers in the platform event.
It was also a disappointing outing for Pandelela Rinong as she failed to shine in the same event, finishing last out of 12 finalists.
Pandelela and her partner Leong Mun Yee also fell short in the platform synchro final in finishing eighth.
The Sarawakian was the silver medallist with Jun Hoong in the event at the 2016 Rio Games and the bronze medallist in the individual event at the 2012 London edition.
The positions of national elite coaches — Australia's Christian Brooker and China's Li Rui — now hang in the balance following the diving team's poor showing in Tokyo.
The NSC and Malaysia Swimming will have a joint working committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter as well as identify divers for the Commonwealth and Asian Games next year.