Jeff Lebo
Jeff Lebo (born September 26, 1977)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: North Carolina Tar Heels (Head coach: Hubert Davis)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, Chattanooga Mocs, Auburn Tigers, East Carolina Pirates
Tennessee Tech record: 75-43 (.636)
Chattanooga record: 40-20 (.667)
Auburn record: 96-93 (.508)
East Carolina record: 116-122 (.487)
Overall record: 327-277 (.541)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2002, 2009)
- CIT Championships: 1 (2013)
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2011, 2013, 2014)
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion: 2 (2001, 2002)
Awards:
- Ohio Valley Coach of the Year: 3 (2000, 2001, 2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | North Carolina (asst) |
| 2010-2017 | East Carolina |
| 2004-2010 | Auburn |
| 2002-2004 | Chattanooga |
| 1998-2002 | Tennessee Tech |
| 1993-1998 | South Carolina (asst) |
| 1992-1993 | Vanderbilt (asst) |
| 1990-1992 | East Tennessee State (asst) |
Jeff Lebo Facts
- Jeffrey Brian Lebo
- Born October 5, 1966
- Hometown: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: University of North Carolina (BA, 1989)
- Played at Carlisle High School (PA) for his father, Dave Lebo
- Spent four seasons at North Carolina under legendary head coach Dean Smith and then part of one season in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs
- Started coaching in 1990 as an assistant under Alan LeForce at East Tennessee State
- Worked as an assistant under Eddie Fogler for six seasons at Vanderbilt and South Carolina before getting his first head coaching gig in 1998
- After six years of success at the mid-major level, coaching at Tennessee Tech and Chattanooga, Lebo was hired as the head coach at Auburn
- Went 96-93 in six seasons at Auburn, going to just one NIT during that time
- Spent seven-plus seasons as the head coach at East Carolina, the first four in Conference USA and the remainder in The American (AAC)
- Won the 2013 CIT title, the first Div I postseason tournament championship in school history
- Stepped down in November 2017, just six games into his eighth season withe the program
- In October 2020, Lebo joined the staff of West Carteret HS in Morehead City, NC (where he lives) as an assistant coach
- Joined the coaching staff at his alma mater North Carolina in 2021, becoming an assistant under new head coach Hubert Davis
- Along with his wife Melissa, has two daughters and a son
Jeff Lebo Coaching Tree
- Rick Cabrera (Northwestern State)
- John Cooper (Miami OH, Tennessee State)
- Tim Craft (Western Carolina, Gardner-Webb)
- Tracy Dildy (Chicago State)
- Michael Perry (East Carolina)
- John Shulman (Central Arkansas, Alabama-Huntsvillle, Chattanooga)
