He retired in 1968, and made his first forays into coaching and umpiring. Gurbux captained the team that won Gold at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok. He also led India on a tour to Hamburg Festival, Germany and Japan in 1966, Sri Lanka in 1967 and the Pre-Olympic tournament in London in 1967. He was the Joint Captain, along with Prithipal Singh to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, where India for the first time had to be content with a Bronze.