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Armen Kirakossian - UCLA Men's Golf Coach
September 3rd, 2026 | 54 mins
armen kirakossian, college golf, golf channel, golf podcast, ncaa golf, the back of the range, ucla men's golf
In this episode, Armen walks through exactly how you take a program from 81st in the country to a top-two national finish in four years — the recruiting philosophy, the culture shifts, and the belief system he had to install before the results ever showed up. We talk about what it took to build match-play mental toughness into a young roster, what it meant to develop a true program identity at a school with UCLA's history and expectations, and how the lessons from smaller programs like UTRGV shaped the coach he is today.