What to know ahead of the May Cincinnati high school football combines

The Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky football combines and showcases start Thursday, May 1, with event dates through May 15.

Here’s content to help college football coaches map out their days.

High School coaches can email [email protected] or send a direct message on X (@mlaughman) with any schedule or information changes.

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2025 Cincinnati high school football combine schedules

Here are the schedules for each combine, plus information on two rescheduled showcases.

May 1 ‒ 2025 County Fair College Combine in Cincinnati

The Seventh Annual County Fair College Combine will be Thursday, May 1, featuring teams from the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, Southwest Ohio Conference, Greater Miami Conference and the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference. Chris Gillam (@CoachGill37) is the combine coordinator.

6 a.m. ‒ Anderson High School, 7560 Forest Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45255. The Raptors will have coffee available for coaches. Coach Evan Dreyer, @CoachEvanDreyer

7:45 a.m. ‒ Harrison High School, 9860 West Road, Harrison, Ohio 45030. Coach Derek Rehage, @drehage38

9 a.m. ‒ Northwest High School, 10761 Pippin Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231. Coach Brandon Schon, @CoachSchon

10:30 a.m. ‒ Mount Healthy High School, 8101 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45231. Coach A.J. Williams, @coachjuice84

Noon ‒ Middletown High School, 601 N. Breiel Blvd., Middletown, Ohio 45042. Coach Kali Jones, @CoachKRJones

1:30 p.m. ‒ Withrow High School, 2488 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. Coach Anthony Berry, @CoachBerry3211

3 p.m. ‒ Taft High School, 420 Ezzard Charles Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214. Coach Tyler Williams, @CoachTy_1

4:30 p.m. – Lebanon High School, 1916 Drake Road, Lebanon, OH 45036. Coach Micah Faler, @CoachMicahFaler

5:45 p.m. ‒ Winton Woods High School, 1231 W Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240. Coach Chad Murphy, @CoachChadMurphy

7:15 p.m. ‒ Princeton High School, 100 Viking Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246. Coach Andre Parker, @CoachParker99

May 6 ‒ 2025 Southwest Ohio Scouting Combine schedule in Cincinnati

The combine will take place at eight Greater Miami Conference schools, plus Kings out of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, throughout the day on Tuesday, May 6.

6 a.m. – Fairfield High School, 179 Stadium Drive, Fairfield, Ohio 45014. Coach Jason Krause, @fairfieldfb

8 a.m. – Oak Hills High School, 3200 Ebenezer Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45248. Coach Justin Roden, @rodenjustin

9:30 a.m. – Colerain High School, 8801 Cheviot Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45251. Coach Jordan Stevens, @CoachJMStevens

11:15 a.m. – Hamilton High School, 1165 Eaton Ave., Hamilton, Ohio 45013. Coach Arvie Crouch, @arviecrouch1

1 p.m. – Kings High School, 5620 Columbia Road, Kings Mills, Ohio 45034. Coach Alex Garvin, @Coach_Garvin

2:45 p.m. – Sycamore High School, 7400 Cornell Road, Montgomery, Ohio 45242. Coach Darryn Chenault

4:15 p.m. – Lakota West High School, 8940 Union Centre Blvd., West Chester, Ohio 45069. Coach Tom Bolden, @CoachTomBolden

5:30 p.m. – Mason High School, 6100 S Mason Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040. Coach Brian Castner, @CoachCastner

May 7 ‒ 2025 Southwest Ohio Gridiron Combine

6:15 a.m. ‒ Anderson High School, 7560 Forest Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45255. The Raptors will have coffee available for coaches. Coach Evan Dreyer, @CoachEvanDreyer

9:30 a.m. – Lebanon High School, 1916 Drake Road, Lebanon, OH 45036. Coach Micah Faler, @CoachMicahFaler

11 a.m. – Milford High School, 1 Eagles Way, Milford, Ohio 45150. Coach Tom Grippa, @Tom_Grippa

1 p.m. – Loveland High School, 1 Tiger Trail, Loveland, Ohio 45140. Coach Bob Mullins, @bobmullins33

2:15 p.m. – Walnut Hills High School, 3300 Sulsar Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45207. Coach G. Benjamin Myles, @whhsfootball_

3:30 p.m. – West Clermont High School, 4101 Bach Buxton Road, Batavia, Ohio 45103. Coach Ben Moorman, @bmoorman411

4:45 p.m. – Little Miami High School, 3001 E. U.S. 22 & 3, Morrow, Ohio 45152. Coach Nate Mahon, @CoachNateMahon

May 7 ‒ 2025 Southwest Ohio Small School Football Combine

This combine will include athletes from schools in the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference, Miami Valley Conference and Cincinnati Hills League. Aiken coach Harry “Duka” McCall and Cincinnati College Prep Academy coach Jeff Cargile are organizers of the one-location combine, which will be 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Finneytown High School, 8916 Fontainebleau Terrace, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231.

Aiken High School: Coach Harry “Duka” McCall, @CoachDuka or @aikenrecruits

Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy: Coach Jeff Cargile Sr., @CoachCargile

Finneytown: Athletic director Gerald Warmack, @WeAreFinneytown

Hughes STEM High School: Coach Lorenzo Engleman, @coachengleman or @bigredathletics

North College Hill: Coach Gregory Conwell, @athleticsnch

Shroder High School: Coach Darren Sellers, @dsells713

May 8 ‒ 2025 Greater Cincinnati Catholic Combine

The Greater Cincinnati Catholic Combine will be Thursday, May 8, highlighting schools from the Greater Catholic League-South and Coed, as well as Catholic schools from the Miami Valley Conference.

6 a.m. – St. Xavier High School, 600 W. North Bend Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224. Coach Steve Specht, @coachspecht28

7:30 a.m. – La Salle High School, 3091 North Bend Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45239. Coach Pat McLaughlin, @PatQBtrainer

9 a.m. – Bishop Fenwick and Badin high schools at Fenwick High School, 4855 Ohio 122, Franklin, Ohio 45005. Fenwick coach Fred Cranford, @wingtfreddyc, and Badin coach Nick Yordy, @BHSfootball4

10:30 a.m. – Roger Bacon High School, 4320 Vine St, Cincinnati, Ohio 45217. Coach Mike Blaut, @RogerBaconFB

Noon – Purcell Marian High School, 2935 Hackberry St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. Coach Chris Mobley, @Coach_Mobley

1:30 p.m. – McNicholas High School, 6536 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45230. Coach Mike Orlando, @McNRocketFtball

3 p.m. – Elder High School, 3900 Vincent Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45205. Coach Doug Ramsey

6 p.m. – Moeller High School, 9001 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242. Bart Bathiany, @Coach_B10

May 13 ‒ Western Brown football showcase

Western Brown High School football, originally included in the Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference showcase, had to reschedule because of graduation. Coaches can check out the Western Brown players at 1:30 p.m., with lunch provided, on Tuesday, May 13, at the school 476 W. Main St., Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154. Contact coach Nick Osborne on X at @CoachNOsborne.

May 15 ‒ 2025 Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference College Showcase in Cincinnati

The SBAAC showcase will be Thursday, May 15, at six high schools within the Brown, Clermont and Clinton county-based league. Here are the details:

6 a.m. ‒ New Richmond High School, 1131 Bethel-New Richmond Road, New Richmond, Ohio 45157. Coach Brian Pitzer, @BrianPitzerII

Noon ‒ Williamsburg High School, 500 S. Fifth St., Williamsburg, Ohio 45176. Coach Nick Ayers, @BurgFBCoach

2:45 p.m. ‒ Batavia High School, 1 Bulldog Place, Batavia, Ohio 45103. Coach Wayne Stacy, @FBstacy

5:45 p.m. ‒ Goshen High School, 6707 Goshen Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122. Coach Shane Elkin, @ShaneElkin48

7:15 p.m. (Dinner provided) ‒ Wilmington High School, 300 Richardson Place, Wilmington, Ohio 45177. Coach Ryan Evans, @Coach_RyanEvans

May 15 ‒ Lakota East football showcase

Lakota East High School will host an open practice-style showcase of its football players from 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, May 15, at the school, 6840 Lakota Lane, Liberty Township, Ohio 45044. Contact coach Jon Kitna, @LakotaEastFB on X, with questions.

The Lakota East football showcase will be 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, May 15, at Lakota East.

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