His coaching career has evolved in the metropolitan area of Toronto. After retiring from his skating career, Briand ran clubs in
Gaspé Peninsula and the Montreal area for 12 years before accepting a job at the
Mariposa School of Skating in
Barrie. Until 2001, he had notably been working with
Elvis Stojko, two-time
Olympic silver medallist (1994, 1998) and three-time
World Champion (1994, 1995, 1997). In this regard, he goes regularly to the Skating School of Switzerland to teach jumping technique during the off-season. At the
Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, he coached for a short time
Adam Rippon. Since 2014, he is coaching
Yuzuru Hanyu, two-time
Olympic gold medallist (2014, 2018) and two-time
World Champion (2014, 2017) after
Brian Orser asked him to supervise him a few weeks before the
2014 Olympic Games.''″I've always liked to push my analysis of jump biomechanics. I've developed my own way to work on it, which is a bit different from others and Yuzu (ie.
Yuzuru Hanyu) adhered to my technique.″ His current and former students have included: •
Noah Bodenstein •
Choi Da-bin •
Christina Gao •
Elene Gedevanishvili •
Yuzuru Hanyu •
Joshi Helgesson •
Cha Jun-hwan •
Sonia Lafuente •
Shingo Nishiyama •
Javier Raya •
Adam Rippon •
An So-hyun •
Elvis Stojko •
Ean Weiler •
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