Aaron Coombs
Aaron Coombs
Title: Head Coach
Phone: (229) 931-2221
Email: aaron.coombs@gsw.edu
Year: 4th season
Previous College: UNC Wilmington '05

Coach Aaron Coombs enters his fourth season at the helm of Georgia Southwestern men's basketball in 2022-23. When he arrived at GSW the program was coming off a 6-22 campaign Coombs built the roster and posted a 13-6 record in his second season giving GSW it's first NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years and the program's third appearance overall.

Coach Coombs comes to GSW from OPSU where he was the head coach for one season. In his lone season in Goodwell, Coombs guided OPSU to a 16-14 overall record, and the program earned a conference playoff berth for the first time since the 2005-06 season.

Coombs took over on OPSU program that was 11-17 in 2017-18 and had just posted double-digit victory totals for the first time since 2002-03. Coombs' team built on that upswing with another double-digit win season, also going .500 or better for the first time since 2002-03.    

The success OPSU had on the court earned the attention of postseason voters with an All-American award and four of five starters earning a place on the Sooner Athletic Conference honor role. Coombs had just two scholarship players returning when hired at OPSU and was challenged with filling out his 20-man roster.

Prior to being named the head coach at OPSU, Coombs served in the NCAA Division II ranks at Missouri Western State University from April 2013 to March 2018, where he gained valuable experience that prepared him to lead a program. Coombs was proud to boast 14 student-athletes on honor rolls throughout his time at MWSU. He also served as the chief recruiting coordinator at Missouri Western, signing five MIAA All-Conference players during his tenure. In the course of his five seasons spent with the Griffons, Coombs acted as the lead assistant coach for men's basketball before acquiring the interim head coach title for a short period of time upon the departure of Brett Weiberg, who spent five season leading the team. Coombs served as the lead assistant coach at Missouri University of Science and Technology during the 2012-2013 season. His coaching career started in 2010 as an assistant at Northern Oklahoma College.

Coombs turned in an impressive NCAA Division I playing career that included two conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances (2002 & 2003) at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He started 45 games for UNCW over his four-year career and earned the Colonial Athletic Association Most Improved Player award in 2005. Coombs was named an NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American in 2004. At the professional level, Coombs spent five years competing in France, Romania and China where he reigned as the leading scorer on all three teams and was named MVP while playing in Shanghai.

 

Career Record at GSW

Year Overall   Peach Belt Conference
  W L   W L
2019-20 10 16   5 15
2020-21 13 6   8 4
2021-22 10 17   6 12
2022-23 14 14   7 11
2023-24 16 13   8 10
Total 63 66   34 52