DAILY CLIPS COVER - East Carolina University

Jeff Lebo gives instructions to his team during East Carolina's exhibition against Montreat in this Nov. 5,
2010, photo. (Aileen Devlin/The Daily Reflector)
Lebos share a basketball bond
By Tony Castleberry
The Daily Reflector
Monday, May 9, 2011
Jeff Lebo started going to basketball camps before he could even participate in them.
As a very young child, Lebo would tag along with his dad, Dave, to camps that the elder
Lebo, a legendary Pennsylvania high school coach, would conduct in the offseason. It's a
tradition that Jeff Lebo, East Carolina's men's basketball coach, is hoping dads and sons
will continue this summer in Greenville.
Like most schools, ECU will be hosting camps in June and July, but the one scheduled
for June 17-18 has special meaning for Lebo. The Father/Son Camp started in the mid-
2000s when Lebo was the head coach at Auburn and Dave Lebo was a member of his
son's coaching staff.
“We didn't know how it would go, but each year more and more people showed up until
we had to stop it,” the ECU coach said. “We didn't want it to get too big.
“The thought process was basketball as a way to bond with your son, like my dad and I
bonded through the game.”