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Three-time national champion coach Mike McGraw became Baylor’s head coach on June 16, 2014. McGraw joined the Bears following one season as assistant coach at Alabama, where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to the 2014 NCAA Championship title. With eight seasons at Baylor and nine seasons at Oklahoma State, McGraw totals 15 years as a Division I head coach.
McGraw has 25 years of experience coaching at the Division I level, including eight seasons as Oklahoma State men’s golf head coach, and he’s led teams to the NCAA Championship in 20 of 24 possible seasons (no championship in 2020 due to COVID-19). Nearly half of McGraw’s 24 potential championship seasons have ended with top-five finishes at the NCAA Championship, including 11 times in the top five, three times as national runner-up and three national titles.

McGraw’s teams have won 48 tournament titles and advanced to 11 of 16 possible NCAA Championships in his time as a Division I men’s golf head coach. He’s coached players to 42 individual medalist honors and produced 31 All-Americans.

Brandon Wilkins enters his third season (2022-23) with the SMU men’s golf program and serves as Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. He helped the Mustangs to the 2021 NCAA Championships and a T17^th national finish in his first year on the Hilltop.
 
In his five-year assistant coaching career, Wilkins has seen his players earn all-conference selections eight times, All-America status twice and had two conference players of the year. His teams have made each of the past three NCAA Regionals held and have won a combined four team tournament titles, including helping Denver to the 2019 Summit League title.

In 2021-22, Wilkins and the Mustangs earned both team and individual medalist honors behind a course-record -29 performance in the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Southern Hills.