Menshov sustained a shoulder injury at the 2016 Russian Nationals. On June 1, 2016, he announced his retirement from competitive skating and his transition to a coaching career. Commenting in July 2016, he said, "I already had the same kind of injury with my other shoulder and, of course, it's quite problematic to compete with both those injuries. I was able to recover almost all of my jumping elements to the previous level, but the fact is that the performance of choreographic movements causes me pain."