Armen Kirakossian

Biography

Armen Kirakossian enters his fourth season as the UCLA men’s golf head coach in 2025-26. He was selected to lead UCLA’s program on June 13, 2022, and has made an immediate impact in Westwood in his first three seasons. Kirakossian has guided UCLA’s program on a strong trajectory as the Bruins have played their best golf in years. Most recently, UCLA advanced to the 2025 NCAA Championships after a third-place finish at the NCAA Auburn Regional. The Bruins earned spots at the NCAA Regionals in 2024 (at Stanford) and in 2025 (at Auburn). UCLA advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2025 for the first time since 2018. In 2025, Kirakossian was honored as the NCAA Division I Golf Pride Grips West Region Coach of the Year, as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. He was also a finalist for the 2025 NCAA Division I Dave Williams Coach of the Year Award. UCLA swept the 2025 Big Ten Conference men’s golf awards, including Kirakossian being named the league’s Coach of the Year. In addition, Pablo Ereño was honored as the Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Year and Baylor Larrabee was recognized as the conference’s Freshman of the Year. Kirakossian became UCLA’s first head coach to secure conference “Coach of the Year” acclaim since 2010-11 (Derek Freeman). Likewise, Ereño became the Bruins’ first student-athlete to earn conference "Golfer of the Year” accolades since Patrick Cantlay in 2010-11. As a team, UCLA produced three team tournament wins in 2024-25. During the fall season,

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