Entering his third year as Charlotte’s director of operations is Eric McCombs. 

“Eric has a great passion for Charlotte and our women’s basketball program,” Charlotte head coach Cara Consuegra said. “He is a hard worker who is dedicated to the success of our student-athletes.”

As director of operations, McCombs is responsible for team travel, game scheduling, coordinating the duties of the managers and working camps, along with various other duties that help 49ers women’s basketball program run smoothly.

“I am happy to be a 49er,” McCombs said. “With my family nearby, an institution that I love, coupled with an incredibly dedicated staff, I know this is where I belong – Charlotte is home.”

McCombs was a manager at Charlotte for two years before returning to his alma mater after spending the 2009-10 campaign as a graduate assistant on the Miami (Fla.) staff for former 49ers head coach Katie Meier.

While with the Hurricanes, who compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference, he helped plan and run practices, organized the mail-outs to recruits, traveled with the team, kept stats, helped run summer camps and performed regular managerial duties. 

Miami reached the WNIT Championship game in his lone season with the program. 

   
While an undergraduate at Charlotte, he served as a manager and a practice player from 2008-09. As senior manager, he was a part of the 49ers’ 2009 Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship team and NCAA Tournament appearance. 

During his undergraduate career, he helped with mailouts, traveled with the team and performed manager duties. 

He graduated with a bachelor’s of science in business administration in May 2009. 

McCombs later earned a masters in education with a concentration in sports administration from Miami (Fla.) in May 2010.