University of North Carolina Athletics
Patterson Medal Winners
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.
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.
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