Jeff Lebo (1989) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Jeff Lebo

Induction:
1989
Class:
1989

1989— Jeff Lebo: Men’s Basketball (Carlisle, Pa.)
Lebo held at least 10 UNC records when he concluded his college career in 1989. He was Carolina’s leader in single-game and career three-pointers made, single-season and career three-point percentage, career three-point attempts, single-season and career free throw percentage, consecutive made free throws, single-game assists and career assist-turnover ratio.

He scored 1,567 points (11.8 ppg), had 580 assists, made 211 three-pointers and shot 83.9% from the free throw line. He was third in assists behind only Kenny Smith and Phil Ford.

As a senior he broke the school record, which still stands, for consecutive made free throws with 41, surpassing Bobby Lewis’s record of 39, which was set in 1966. He set a UNC single-game record with 17 assists against Chattanooga on Nov. 19, 1988, which was one of six games in which he had 10 or more assists (he had three points-assists double-doubles). Lebo was Second-Team All-ACC in 1988. His career assist-error ratio of 2.21 (580 assists, 263 turnovers) also was a UNC record and is currently third all-time.

Lebo was the head coach of Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and East Carolina before returning to Carolina as an assistant under Coach Hubert Davis in 2021.