Jeff Lebo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jeff Lebo

American college basketball player, college basketball coach, Olympic silver medalist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1966

Place of Birth: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jeff Lebo

  • Jeffrey Brian Lebo (born October 5, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League.
  • He was previously the head men's basketball coach at East Carolina (2010-2017), Auburn University (2004–2010), the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2002–04), 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 McDonald's 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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 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.
  • On November 29, 2017, Lebo announced his resignation as the ECU Basketball Coach.
  • He posted a 116-122 mark during his tenure at ECU.

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