When Picard retired, he joined the Séminaire St-François Blizzard in Quebec City, where he played High School football, from 1994 to 1998. He was in charge of the Football Program as well as Offensive Line coach. He contributed to the team's success with their two Championships where the Blizzard had the leading rusher for two straight years. He then became the Offensive Coordinator in 2018 where the team went for its' 3 third Championship contest, where they ended short by a score of 38-32 game when they led the game 20-9 at Half-Time vs Collège Jean-Eudes. The team averaged 35 points per game that year. In February 2019, he became the Head Coach where his team finished with a 8-1 season and a 1-1 record in the playoffs. He has been doing double duties that year as he was also the Offensive Coordinator as he was in charge of one of the top Offense in the league. While he was in charge of the program and being the Offensive coordinator, he also coached at the CEGEP level in 2018, at the Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy where he was the co-Offensive Coordinator/Run Game Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach.
College career
Picard played four seasons for the Laval Rouge et Or where he won two Vanier Cups. During his 44 starts, Picard won the J. P. Metras Trophy in 2005, which is awarded to the top lineman in the country. He was named an All-Canadian in 2004 and 2005 and rookie of the year in the Quebec Conference in 2002. He battled Cancer during the 2004 Season where he missed 2 Playoffs games and then made a remarquable comeback in the 2005 Season where he won the top Lineman in the Country.
Professional career
Picard was drafted 23rd overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2006 CFL Draft and played with the club for three seasons. He started the Grey Cup in 2007 where he was leading an offensive line who allowed the fewest sacks in the CFL. He was working with Bob Wylie who has been coaching for more than 20 years in the National Football League. He then joined the Toronto Argonauts in 2009 as a top free agent and spent three seasons with the club where he has never missed a game with this Organization, including his selection as the top lineman of the Argos and first Eastern All-Star award in 2011. Picard tested free agency for a second time in his pro career and signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on February 16, 2012. Picard was selected top lineman for the Riders in 2012 and 2014 as well as top Canadian of the team in 2012. He won his first Grey Cup championship with the Roughriders in the 2013. After the end of the 2013 season, Picard signed a contract extension with the Roughriders through the 2015 season. However, the Roughriders released him on January 6, 2015 and he signed with the Blue Bombers that same day, returning to the team that drafted him. He was reunited with Bob Wylie once again, a coach that coached Picard in his early stage of his career back in Winnipeg. Picard was released by the Blue Bombers on December 30, 2015 and then signed with the Montreal Alouettes on January 19, 2016. Picard retired from the Alouettes on June 3, 2016.
