Jeff Lebo

Background

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 McDonalds All-American.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1989.

Career

He was previously the head men"s basketball coach at Auburn University (2004–2010), the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2002-2004), and Tennessee Technical (1998–2002). Before becoming a head coach, he spent a total of eight years as an assistant coach at South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and East Tennessee State. As a collegian, Lebo was a 4-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 vs Tennessee-Chattanooga on November 18, 1988) and graduated with the highest ever free throw shooting percentage (839) in Tar Heel history.

Lebo was also an Academic All American and graduated in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration. On March 12, 2010, following a loss to Florida in the 2010 Securities and Exchange Commission men"s basketball tournament in Nashville, Lebo was fired as the head basketball coach after compiling a 96-93 record at Auburn and no post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament bids.

On March 22, 2010, Lebo was named head coach at East Carolina University. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 Cork Institute of Technology Tournament.

Achievements

• Jeff Lebo has been listed as a noteworthy men"s college basketball coach by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

After leaving the Tar Heels, Lebo had a brief National Basketball Association career as a member of the San Antonio Spurs during the 1989-1990 season, appearing in four games.

Connections

Married Melissa Mills, August 8, 1992. Children: Addison, Mills, Creighton.

Father:

Dave Lebo Lebo

Spouse:

Melissa Mills

child:

Addison Lebo

child:

Mills Lebo

child:

Creighton Lebo