Ryan Combs will be entering his sixth year with the men's basketball program and his first as Director of Operations. Prior to this season, Combs served as a student manager for the 2016-2020 seasons before being elevated to Graduate Assistant for the 2020-2021 campaign. In his first season on Coach Lickliter's staff, the Aces saw drastic improvement from the prior season. After finishing 10thplace in 2020, the aces improved to fifth in the 2020-2021 season.
The Vincennes, Ind. native graduated from the University of Evansville in 2020 with a degree in Statistics & Data Science. Combs also attended Harlaxton College in the Spring of 2019. He is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Leadership at UE and will graduate in December 2021.
