Jeff Lebo

Jeff Lebo

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	East Carolina
Biographical details
Born	(1966-10-05) October 5, 1966 Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1985–1989	North Carolina
1989	San Antonio Spurs
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992	East Tennessee State (asst.)
1992–1993	Vanderbilt (asst.)
1993–1998	South Carolina (asst.)
1998–2002	Tennessee Tech
2002–2004	Chattanooga
2004–2010	Auburn
2010–present	East Carolina
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× OVC regular season championship (2001, 2002) CIT championship (2013)
Medal record Men's basketball Representing United States Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team competition

Jeffrey Brian Lebo (born October 5, 1966) is the head men's basketball coach at East Carolina University. He was previously the head men's basketball coach at Auburn University (2004–2010), the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2002–04), and Tennessee Tech (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.

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. The elder Lebo would later serve as an assistant to his son, at Auburn. 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 Nov. 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. 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.

On 12 March 2010, following a loss to Florida in the 2010 SEC 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 NCAA 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 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.

Head coaching record

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–present)
2014–15	East Carolina	14–19	6–12	T-7th
2015–16	East Carolina	8–7	0–2
East Carolina:		95–87 (.522)	33–51 (.393)
Total:		306–243 (.557)
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

External links

• East Carolina profile
• Auburn profile
• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com