COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jeff Lebo Players' coach. Intelligent. Great commu- ing 14-17 (4-12 SEC) record in 2004-05, his nicator. Hard-working. Family man. Heart. fi rst season at Auburn in turning around a Tremendous Xs-and-Os. Superb. Outstand- decimated Tiger program. Four starters and

2007-08 Outlook ing basketball coach. nine lettermen were lost from the 2003-04 Those are just a few of the many words that Tigers that fi nished one spot out of the cellar have been used to describe Auburn third-year in the 12-team SEC at 14-14 (5-11 SEC). head coach Jeff Lebo. The Tigers, who were a consensus last- Without a single senior on the roster, each place pick in the SEC, tied for 10th in the of them attributed as he led Auburn to a 17- league in 2004-05. They equalled the win 15 (7-9 SEC) record in 2006-07, the Tigers' total from the previous season with far less fi rst winning season since 2003. Auburn talent and had the shortest Div. I team in 2007-08 Tigers came within 40 seconds of winning the SEC America with only one player taller than Western Division title as it had the ball and 6-foot-6. up by three points at Ole Miss in the regular In Lebo's first game as head coach at season fi nale. In tying for third in the SEC Auburn, the Tigers claimed a thrilling 80-78 West, Auburn and its seven SEC wins were upset on the road against Temple and legend- also the most since winning eight in 2003. ary head coach John Chaney. A perfect 5-0 Auburn swept Alabama for the fi rst time start was halted with a narrow 89-87 loss to

Coaching Staff since 1999, and the fi rst time in history when 24th-ranked in Richmond. Alabama was nationally-ranked both times. Other highlights included a 51-point turn- The win in Tuscaloosa was the Tigers' second around as Auburn avenged a 90-53 thrash- in the last 23 years. ing at No. 18 State in the SEC Auburn defeated teams that were ranked opener for a 90-76 win over the defending throughout the season in No. 12 Alabama, No. SEC Champion Bulldogs in Beard-Eaves- 22 Tennessee, No. 25 Alabama and ranked Memorial Coliseum. The Tigers had a 49- tual National Champion 69-57. Vanderbilt and previously ranked LSU. point turnaround as they were annihilated at Lebo was named the Tigers' 19th head It also marked the fi rst time in 12 seasons Arkansas 95-59, but defeated the Razorbacks basketball coach on April 8, 2004. In his 20 2007-08 Opponents that Auburn defeated ranked teams two- 77-64 in Auburn on Senior Day. years as a Div. I head coach, assistant coach straight times in its 83-80 upset over No. 22 Auburn advanced to the SEC Tournament and player, the 39-year-old Lebo has won Tennessee followed up with an 81-57 victory quarterfi nals as it upset a Vanderbilt team that wherever he has been. To his credit are nine over No. 12 Alabama. was on the NCAA Tournament bubble in conference championships ... two in six years Lebo began his reclamation project at Au- the fi rst round. The Tigers avenged a 67-43 as a head coach, four as an assistant coach and burn in leading the Tigers to an over-achiev- home loss to the Commodores three weeks three as a player. prior. A 74-71 SEC road win at South He has been a part of two Southeastern

2006-07 Review Carolina was huge as the Gamecocks, Conference Championships at different who defeated No. 3 Kentucky the fol- schools, three Atlantic Coast Conference lowing game, were fi ghting for a NCAA Championships, two Valley Confer- Tournament bid. ence Championships and a pair of Southern In Lebo's second season, the Tigers Conference titles. went from the smallest team in Div. I to In six years as a collegiate head coach prior the youngest in 2005-06. Auburn, with to Auburn, Lebo turned around two programs only one senior in Ronny LeMelle on its at Tennessee-Chattanooga and Tennessee Tiger Records roster, started four freshmen eight times. Tech en route to a 115-63 career record, an Purdue was the only other team to start average of 19.2 wins per season. A pair of a rookie quartet, and the Boilermakers Championships only did it once. at Tennessee Tech and coming within one A consensus last place pick, Auburn game of the NIT Final Four with Tech dot went 12-16 (4-12 SEC) to tie for fi fth in Lebo's ledger. the SEC's Western Division. The Tigers Lebo has accumulated a very impressive defeated Temple, swept Ole Miss and 113-69 record (.656) in his last six seasons as

AU Hoop History Auburn's Jeff Lebo with head coach Roy nearly knocked off a pair of Final Four a head coach ... an average of 18.3 victories Williams (l) and UNC's former coach . teams, losing to LSU 65-61 and at even- a season. Jeff Lebo • Career Highlights • 21-year coaching and playing record of • Two Ohio Valley Conference • Two ACC Championships at North 429-218 (.663) Championships (2001, 2002) Carolina (1987, 1988)

Tiger Tracks • 9-year head coaching record: 158-111 • Two SEC Championships (1993, 1997) • Two NCAA Tournament Elite 8 (.587) • Two Championships appearances • Dist. VII NABC Coach of the Year (2002) (1991, 1992) • Two NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 • Three-time Ohio Valley Conference Coach • played with NBA's appearances of the Year (2000, 2001, 2002) (1989-90) • Patterson Award for recipient for the top • 2002 Tennessee Coach of the Year, • All-ACC 2nd-team (1988) student-athlete at North Carolina Tennessee Sports Writers Association • All-ACC Tournament (1987, 1989) • Member of the 1987 U.S. Pan-Am team • 2002 NIT Quarterfi nals • Four-year record of 116-25 (.823) at North • First-team All-American at Carlisle (Pa.) Administration • Nine NCAA Tournament appearances Carolina from 1985-98 High School (fi ve as a coach, four as a player)

48 2002-03, the school's fi rst 20-win Jeff Lebo Quick Sketch season in six years.

The Mocs gave Lebo a 17-point PERSONAL DATA: Born October 5, Outlook 2007-08 victory over Furman in his SoCon 1966, in Enola, Pa.; married to the former debut and defeated NCAA Tour- Melissa Mills of Williamston, N.C., on nament participant Weber State August 8, 1992, and they have two daugh- 75-63 in the Dr. Pepper Classic ters, Addison (12) and Mills (9) and a son, title game. Perhaps his biggest Creighton (5). accomplishment was the school's YEARS AT AUBURN: Fourth. Became fi rst two-game series sweep over head coach on April 8, 2004, from Tennes-

the College of Charleston. see-Chattanooga. Tigers 2007-08 Lebo led the Mocs to a 19- EDUCATION: Graduated from Carlisle 11 mark in 2003-04 and came (Pa.) H.S. in 1985; B.S. in Business Admin- A.D. Jay Jacobs (l) and Jeff Lebo (r) with Auburn's Charles within one game of the NCAA istration from North Carolina in 1989. Barkley at the 2006 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction.Tour- nament for the second-straight in 1990-91, lost to Iowa 76-73 in the NCAA He was an assistant coach for eight years season, losing to East Tennessee State in the Tournament and won both the SoCon Regular at South Carolina, Vanderbilt and East Ten- championship game each year. He earned Season and Tournament Championships. nessee State after playing the 1989-90 season his 100th-coaching victory in a 93-86 win Lebo started the fi rst of six seasons as an with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. at Tennessee State Dec. 1, 2003, in only his assistant under coach with a Staff Coaching As an All-ACC point guard and four-year 153rd game as a head coach. SEC Championship, a NCAA Tournament starter at the University of North Carolina Lebo became one of the youngest col- Sweet 16 appearance and a 28-6 record at from 1986-89, Lebo helped lead the Tar Heels legiate head coaches in the nation when he Vanderbilt in 1992-93. The Commodores to a 116-25 record and four trips to the NCAA began his coaching career in 1998-99 at went 14-2 in the SEC for only their third Tournament, two to the Elite 8 and a pair of Tennessee Tech, inheriting a program that league title in history and their fi rst since Sweet 16 appearances. The Tar Heels won went a woeful 9-21 the year before and had 1974. Vanderbilt defeated Boise State and two ACC Regular Season Championships and a losing record in four of the previous fi ve in the NCAA Tournament before Opponents 2007-08 one ACC Tournament Championship with seasons. However, he would win two Ohio losing to Temple in the Sweet 16. Lebo, who was a two-time All-ACC Tourna- Valley Conference Championships in his four Lebo then followed Fogler to South ment selection and an All-ACC second-team years at the school. Carolina where he spent fi ve seasons and pick in 1988. At the age of 32, Lebo guided the under- helped lead the Gamecocks to their only SEC In high school, Lebo led Carlisle (Pa.) manned Golden Eagles to a 12-15 mark in Championship in 1997 and a pair of NCAA High to a 108-9 record in his four-year ca- his fi rst season in 1998-99. The following Tournament appearances. reer, culminating with the 1985 year, Tennessee Tech had the most wins in After turning the South Carolina program

State Class 4A Championship as a senior. He 10 years improving to 16-12, earning Lebo around from 9-19 and 10-17 records the fi rst Review 2006-07 earned All-America honors and was a four- OVC Coach of the Year honors. two seasons, Fogler and Lebo led the Game- time all-state selection. In only his third season in 2000-01, Lebo cocks to an average of 22 wins over the next His father, Dave, who has been an assistant led Tennessee Tech to a 20-9 record and the three years. USC went 19-12 and reached under his son during his entire tenure as a fi rst of back-to-back OVC Championships. the NIT third round in 1995-96, went 24-8 head coach, was the head coach at Carlisle It marked the most wins for the school in 54 and won the SEC Championship in 1996- where the school honored him by naming the years, going all the way back to 1946-47. It 97 and was 23-8 in 1997-98, reaching the court after him in a ceremony Dec. 3, 2005. was also Tech's fi rst league title in 16 years NCAA Tournament for the second-consecu- in 1984-85, and Lebo garnered his second- When Lebo was named head coach at Ten- tive season. Records Tiger nessee-Chattanooga in April of 2002, he in- straight OVC Coach of the Year honor. After playing for his father, Dave, at Car- herited a team without a returning starter and Lebo earned his third-straight OVC Coach lisle (Pa.) High School, Lebo was coached at without a signee for the upcoming season. of the Year honor as Tech mastered a school North Carolina by the legendary Dean Smith, He transformed the Mocs into a Southern record 27-7 mark overall and a 15-1 league the all-time leader in coaching victories with Conference championship contender in just record in 2001-02 en route to a second-con- 879. Lebo's college teammates included one season, leading UTC to a 21-9 record in secutive OVC Championship. The Golden NBA greats Kenny Smith of the World Cham- Eagles came within one game of the NIT pion Houston Rockets and now a broadcaster Final Four, losing at eventual Champion on TNT and Rick Fox, formerly of the World History Hoop AU Memphis 79-73. He was tabbed as the Dis- Champion Los Angeles Lakers. trict VII NABC Coach of the Year. In addition to all of his success at North Tennessee Tech boasted a season-best 12- Carolina, Lebo left the Tar Heels with single- game winning streak, including 10-straight season records for free throw shooting (.878 conference victories. After losing at Murray in 1987-88) and 3-point shooting (.462 in State 70-69 in the OVC Tournament cham- 1987-88). He still ranks among the program's pionship game, the Golden Eagles defeated top 20 in career scoring with 1,567 points and

Georgia State, Dayton and Yale in the NIT. is sixth in career assists with 580. Tracks Tiger He was named the Tennessee Coach of the A 1989 graduate of the University of North Year. Carolina with a degree in Business Admin- Lebo began his coaching career as an as- istration, Lebo was presented the school's sistant at East Tennessee State under Alan Patterson Award, given to UNC's top student- LeForce for two seasons from 1990-92. The athlete for academic achievement. Buccaneers made two-straight NCAA Tour- Lebo has developed a teaching video cas-

nament appearances, advancing to the second sette titled "Half-Court Trapping and Double- Administration round in 1992 after the 14th-seeded Bucs Teaming the Post." upset No. 3-seeded Arizona 87-80. Lebo was born Oct. 5, 1966, in Enola, Pa. ETSU, which was eliminated from the He married the former Melissa Mills of Wil- NCAA Tournament by eventual National liamston, N.C., on Aug. 8, 1992. The couple runner-up and the Fab Five, 102-90, has two daughters, Addison (12) and Mills (9) went 24-7 and won both the 1992 Southern and a son, Creighton (5). The Lebo Family: Jeff and Melissa with (l to r): Conference Regular Season and Tourna- Mills, Addison and Creighton. ment Championships. The Bucs went 28-5

122 / 2001-02 Auburn Basketball Guide 49 Jeff Lebo in the North Carolina Record Book • Highest Team Scoring Avg. per Game • 3-Point Field Goal Pct., Season in North Carolina history graduated: 1. .464 (78-of-168), 1987-88 1. 91.3 in 1986-87 2. .450 (67-of-149), 1986-87

2007-08 Outlook • Most Consecutive Free Throws current: 3rd and 5th 1. 41, Jan. 3-Mar. 12, 1989 • 3-Point Field Goals, Game • Assists, Single-game graduated: 1. 7 v. Richmond (11-28-87) graduated: 1. 17 vs. UT-Chattanooga, current: t-7th current: 2nd (11-18-88) • 3-Pointers Made, Career • Free Throw Pct., Season graduated: 1. 211 (1985-89)

2007-08 Tigers graduated: 1. .878 (86-of-98) in 1987-88 current: 4th current: 2nd • Assists, Career • Free Throw Pct., Career graduated: 4. 4.4 apg, 580 (1985-89) graduated: 1. .839 (308-of-367),1985-89 current: t-9th current: 3rd at UNC, 14th in ACC history • Scoring, Career • 3-Point Field Goal Pct., Career graduated: 15. 1,567 points (1985-89) graduated: 1. .428 (211-of-493),1985-89 current: 22nd

Coaching Staff current: 2nd at UNC, 6th in ACC history Jeff Lebo • North Carolina • All-ACC Jeff Lebo's All-time Record Head Coaching Record Year School Record Pct. Conf. (Finish) Postseason/Notes 1998-99 Tennessee Tech 12-15 .444 8-10 (8th) 1999-2000 Tennessee Tech 16-12 .571 11-7 (5th) OVC Coach of the Year 2007-08 Opponents 2000-01 Tennessee Tech 20-9 .689 13-3 (Champions) OVC Coach of the Year 2001-02 Tennessee Tech 27-7 .794 15-1 (Champions) OVC & TN Coach of Year/NIT(3rd rd.) 2002-03 Tennessee-Chattanooga 21-9 .700 11-5 (t1st, South) SoCon co-South Div. Champs 2003-04 Tennessee-Chattanooga 19-11 .633 10-6 (2nd, North) 2004-05 Auburn 14-17 .452 4-12 (t-5th, Western) 2005-06 Auburn 12-16 .429 4-12 (t-5th, Western)

2006-07 Review 2006-07 Auburn 17-15 .531 7-9 (t-3rd, Western) Total 158-111 .587 83-60 (.580) Assistant Coaching Record Year School Record Pct. Conf. (Finish) Postseason/Notes 1990-91 East Tennessee State 28-5 .848 11-3 (Champions) NCAA (First Round) 1991-92 East Tennessee State 24-7 .774 12-2 (Champions) NCAA (Second Round) 1992-93 Vanderbilt 28-6 .824 14-2 (Champions) NCAA (Sweet 16)

Tiger Records 1993-94 South Carolina 9-19 .321 4-12 (5th, Eastern) 1994-95 South Carolina 10-17 .370 5-11 (5th, Eastern) 1995-96 South Carolina 19-12 .613 8-8 (3rd, Eastern) NIT (Quarterfi nals) 1996-97 South Carolina 24-8 .750 15-1 (Champions) NCAA (First Round) 1997-98 South Carolina 23-8 .742 11-5 (2nd, Eastern) NCAA (First Round) Total 165-82 .668 80-44 (.645) Collegiate Playing Record AU Hoop History 1985-86 North Carolina 28-6 .824 10-4 (3rd) NCAA (Sweet 16) 1986-87 North Carolina 32-4 .889 14-0 (Champions) NCAA (Elite 8), All-ACC Tournament 1987-88 North Carolina 27-7 .794 11-3 (Champions) NCAA (Elite 8), All-ACC 2nd-team 1988-89 North Carolina 29-8 .784 9-5 (t-2nd) NCAA (Sweet 16), All-ACC Tournament Total 116-25 .822 44-12 (.786)

Tiger Tracks Head Coaching Totals (nine years): 158-111 (.587) Tennessee Tech (four years): 75-43 (.636) Tennessee-Chattanooga (two years): 40-20 (.667) Auburn (three years): 43-48 (.473) Assistant Coaching Totals (eight years): 165-82 (.668) East Tennessee State (two years): 52-12 (.813) Vanderbilt (one year): 28-6 (.824) Administration South Carolina (fi ve years): 85-64 (.570) 21-year Div. I Coaching, Playing Record: 429-218 (.663)

50 About They Outlook 2007-08 are Jeff What Saying ...Lebo Tigers 2007-08 Rick Fox Former Formerly of Head Coach Los Angeles Staff Coaching Lakers Knicks "When I was in "I told our people school Jeff was re- when Roy Williams ally an extension of Kenny Smith became a head coach Coach Dean Smith on the fl oor for us. Opponents 2007-08 that he would be the Formerly of Being the son of a head coach and a point Houston next up and coming guard in the North Carolina system, he was young coach in the country. I think the a great basketball mind at an early age. Rockets & same thing about Jeff Lebo." "I think it is definitely evident that NBA on TNT he has developed into a great basketball Announcer coach, and this doesn't surprise me one Eddie Fogler bit. There must be a lot of smart people at "One of the things Review 2006-07 Former Auburn to hire that man." Jeff has been able to bring is he has a great Head Coach/ understanding of what it takes to win, and he has been around it all his life. From Television Dean Smith grade school to high school to college to Broadcaster now, he has always been a winner. The Former

only way to be taught is if you've done it, Records Tiger "I think Auburn Head Coach got a rising star in and Jeff understands how to do it. Jeff Lebo. Every North "He always carried a diligence. As a place he's been, each time he's had tremen- Carolina player, he was always diligent in being at the right place at the right time ... in prac- dous success as he built programs. He still "Not only was tice and in his preparation for the game. was winning even as he was building pro- Jeff an outstanding "As a player, you can always look in History Hoop AU grams. I like the way Jeff's teams play. student and a great basketball player here the mirror at the end of the day and say "Anyone who saw Jeff Lebo play, un- at Chapel Hill, but a marvelous teacher as you have given your best effort because derstood what it took to be a great player well. At this young age, he has demon- Jeff has always done that. Having played through fundamentals and an understand- strated to the USA basketball community and knowing what it takes, that's a big ing of the game. Anyone who has seen that he is among the top 20 coaches in advantage." his teams play, understands that a team the NCAA. His teams play hard, play can control a game and win through unselfi shly and execute offensively and Tracks Tiger strong fundamentals. He has been able defensively. I am excited about his success Roy Williams to accomplish what he has accomplished and love watching his teams play." Head Coach through his knowledge of the game. He North Carolina is a great teacher of the game but can also go out there and show the players how it is "Jeff Lebo is one of the truly great young supposed to be done. He truly cares about Administration the student-athlete." coaches in the game ... I thought he was a coach on the fl oor, and as a coach, he has taken it to a new level."

122 / 2001-02 Auburn Basketball Guide 51 Year-by-Year With Jeff Lebo

M7 Virginia (2,-) (2ot) N6 W 84 82 J5 DePaul (6,-) A W 87 67 1985-86 M8 N.C. State (2,-) N6 L 67 68 J7 Iowa (6,-) H L 97 98 1991-92 North Carolina (player) M12 Pennsylvan