Jeff Lebo

Jeffrey Brian Lebo (born October 5, 1966) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for his alma mater, North Carolina. He was previously the head men's basketball coach at East Carolina (2010–2017), Auburn University (2004–2010), the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2002–2004), and Tennessee Tech (1998–2002).

Jeff Lebo

Lebo in 2010
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position	Assistant coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1966-10-05) October 5, 1966 (age 58) Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Carlisle (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
College	North Carolina (1985–1989)
NBA draft	1989: undrafted
Position	Shooting guard
Number	14
Coaching career	1990–present
Career history
As a player:
1989	San Antonio Spurs
As a coach:
1990–1992	East Tennessee State (assistant)
1992–1993	Vanderbilt (assistant)
1993–1998	South Carolina (assistant)
1998–2002	Tennessee Tech
2002–2004	Chattanooga
2004–2010	Auburn
2010–2017	East Carolina
2019–2020	Greensboro Swarm (assistant)
2021–present	North Carolina (assistant)
Career highlights
As player: Second-team All-ACC (1988) McDonald's All-American (1985) As coach: CIT champion (2013) 2× OVC regular season champion (2001, 2002) 3× OVC Coach of the Year (2000–2002)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team competition

Before becoming a head coach, he spent a total of eight years as an assistant coach at South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and East Tennessee State. He also spent a season as an assistant with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League.

Formative years

Lebo was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. As a high school player, he played for his father, Dave Lebo, at Carlisle High School, where he was a McDonald's All-American. The elder Lebo would later serve as an assistant to his son, at Auburn.

As a collegian, Lebo was a four-year starter (1986–1989) while playing for legendary coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. While at Carolina, Lebo set the Tar Heel record for most consecutive free throws made (41 from January 3 to March 12, 1989), the most assists in a single game (17 vs. Chattanooga on November 18, 1988) and (at the time) had the highest career free throw shooting percentage (.839) in Tar Heel history (currently fifth all time) and was third in Tar Heel history with 580 assists (currently tenth all time).

Lebo was also an Academic All American and graduated in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration.

After leaving the Tar Heels, Lebo had a brief NBA career as a member of the San Antonio Spurs during the 1989–90 season, appearing in four games.

Coaching career

On March 12, 2010, following a loss to Florida in the 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament in Nashville, Lebo was fired as the head basketball coach at Auburn after compiling a 96–93 record in six years as coach of the Tigers to go along with no post-season NCAA tournament bids.^[1]

On March 22, 2010, Lebo was named head coach at East Carolina University.^[2] During his first year in Greenville, Lebo led the ECU Pirates basketball team to 18 wins, their first winning season since 1997, and a spot in the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament which was the first post-season appearance by the Pirates since the 1993 NCAA Tournament. The 18 wins were the second most wins ever by the ECU Pirates since becoming a Division I basketball team. During his third year at ECU, Lebo again led the Pirates to the CIT Tournament. The Pirates defeated Weber State and won the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Championship that year. On November 29, 2017, Lebo announced his resignation as the ECU Basketball Coach. He posted a 116–122 mark during his tenure at ECU.^[3]

On April 15, 2021, after former teammate Hubert Davis' hiring as the North Carolina head coach, Lebo was named as one of the three assistants for Davis' inaugural coaching staff, alongside former Tar Heel players Brad Frederick and Sean May.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Tennessee Tech (Ohio Valley Conference) (1998–2002)
1998–99	Tennessee Tech	12–15	8–10	T–7th
1999–00	Tennessee Tech	16–12	11–7	T–3rd
2000–01	Tennessee Tech	20–9	13–3	1st
2001–02	Tennessee Tech	27–7	15–1	1st	NIT Quarterfinals
Tennessee Tech:		75–43 (.636)	47–21 (.691)
Chattanooga (Southern Conference) (2002–2004)
2002–03	Chattanooga	21–9	11–5	2nd (South)
2003–04	Chattanooga	19–11	10–6	2nd (North)
Chattanooga:		40–20 (.667)	21–11 (.656)
Auburn (Southeastern Conference) (2004–2010)
2004–05	Auburn	14–17	4–12	T–5th (West)
2005–06	Auburn	12–16	4–12	T–5th (West)
2006–07	Auburn	17–15	7–9	T–3rd (West)
2007–08	Auburn	14–16	4–12	6th (West)
2008–09	Auburn	24–12	10–6	2nd (West)	NIT Quarterfinals
2009–10	Auburn	15–17	6–10	T–4th (West)
Auburn:		96–93 (.508)	35–61 (.365)
East Carolina (Conference USA) (2010–2014)
2010–11	East Carolina	18–16	8–8	T–7th	CIT First Round
2011–12	East Carolina	15–16	5–11	10th
2012–13	East Carolina	23–12	9–7	T–4th	CIT Champions
2013–14	East Carolina	17–17	5–11	T–12th	CIT First Round
East Carolina (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2017)
2014–15	East Carolina	14–19	6–12	T–7th
2015–16	East Carolina	12–20	4–14	T–9th
2016–17	East Carolina	15–18*	6–12*	9th
2017–18	East Carolina	2–4**
East Carolina:		116–122 (.487)	43–75 (.364)
Total:		327–277 (.541)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

*Lebo underwent hip surgery on January 16, 2017, and missed the rest of the 2016–17 season. Assistant coach Michael Perry took over as head coach in Lebo's absence. At the time of Lebo's absence, ECU was 9–10 overall and 1–5 in AAC play.^[4]
**Lebo resigned on November 29, 2017.