Former owner of Sanford-Brown College. Combs developed and owns Beaver Creek Elk and Cattle Ranch, a 3,300-acre property with four miles of frontage on Beaver Creek.  He authored Bradleyville Basketball: Hicks from the Sticks and Bradleyville, My Hometown.

Combs serves as chair of the Board of Directors for Skaggs Hospital and on the boards of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Ozarks Writer’s League, and the Foundation for Learning for Bradleyville School.

Combs is a founding member of the Upper White River Basin Foundation.