Brian is in his second year as assistant coach with the X-Men. He is a former Acadia Axemen where he was an AUAA all-star defenceman and went on to play for the Canadian national team and 10 years professionally in Europe. Brian is enrolled in the BEd program at StFX and is a Grand Falls, Nfld native where he and his wife Penny reside with their two children Nathan and Gabrielle.