Coach McCombs joins the Pioneers from Eastern Washington University. He spent the previous few years there assisting with the running backs, operations, and recruiting. He would also help in film exchange and breakdown. While at EWU, he was apart of a team that made a D1 FCS National Championship appearance in 2019. Before his time at EWU, he played offensive line at Kansas Wesleyan University and Santa Barbara City College. He was raised in Zillah, Washington and attended Zillah High School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education emphasis in Social Studies, minor of history, an associates in Mass Media Communication, and is pursuing his Masters of Education at MNU.