Piggy-backing off the book with the same title, "Better Than I Found It" is a podcast uncovering stories and insights from Baylor Men's Golf Coach, Mike McGraw's life in golf coaching.
Merry Christmas, and welcome back to another episode of Better Than I Found It. As as the Baylor Golf Team and the McGraw family take time to celebrate the holidays, Coach McGraw uses the moment to highlight the importance of recruiting and coaching players who show great character. In this episodes Coach McGraw shares stories that demonstrate how his prioritization of recruiting players with high character, not just talent, led to the success of both the team and the individual. These stories range from his early coaching days at Edmond High School to his most recent All-American, and noted 2024 points leader on the Korn-Ferry Tour, Johnny Keefer. Character has always been a focal point of McGraw's coaching philosophy, and I hope you can understand why after listening to this podcast.
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Coach McGraw - @BearCoachMcGraw
Baylor Men’s Golf - @BaylorMGolf
Produced and Edited by Will Greene
Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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15 Dec 2025
282 | Brennan Webb
Welcome back to another episode of Better Than I Found It! Today we welcome Brennan Webb, head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, to the podcast. Now in his eighth year in Knoxville, he has led the Vols to new heights, reaching the NCAA tournament in each of the last two years. His resume also includes a stint as the assistant to legendary Georgia Tech coach Bruce Heppler, and podcast guest just a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy listening to the wisdom Coach Webb has to share. Thank you for joining the podcast Coach Webb!
Subscribe to the podcast for future episodes. You can follow us on Instagram and Facebook —> @BetterThanIFoundItPodcast
Associated social media accounts:
Coach McGraw - @BearCoachMcGraw
Baylor Men’s Golf - @BaylorMGolf
Produced and Edited by Will Greene
Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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8 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
281 | Edmond Junior Golf Hall of Fame
Welcome back to another episode of Better Than I Found It! This past weekend Coach McGraw was honored to be the Master of Ceremonies for the induction of the 14th class of the Edmond Junior Golf Hall of Fame, and spends the episode reflectingupon the Hall and the history of Edmond golf. Coach McGraw details his start in coaching at Edmond, the dynasty he would establish there, and his role in starting the Hall of Fame in 1995, as well as the details of the class of 2025. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.
Subscribe to the podcast for future episodes. You can follow us on Instagram and Facebook —> @BetterThanIFoundItPodcast
Associated social media accounts:
Coach McGraw - @BearCoachMcGraw
Baylor Men’s Golf - @BaylorMGolf
Produced and Edited by Will Greene
Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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283 | Character Begets Success
Published 22 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I was a junior golf director at Kickingbird Golf Course. Many of his players had come through that junior golf program as I've mentioned on this podcast several times. But in 1986 Edmund had what could be considered the favorite team, the other two teams that probably would challenge for that were Inid High School, Inid Plainsman and Jinx High School probably and then also Ponca City High School. My alma mater were actually played high school golf. So there were several teams that could be considered potential favorites or teams that might have a chance to win the state championship. But at Edmund we felt like we had a team that could do it very easily if we played well. […]
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