Jeff Lebby

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Jeff Lebby
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Mississippi State
Conference SEC
Record2–7
Biographical details
Born (1984-01-05) January 5, 1984 (age 40)
McGregor, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater Oklahoma (2007)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2006 Oklahoma (SA)
2007 Victoria Memorial HS (TX) (OL/TE)
2008–2011 Baylor (OQC)
2012–2014Baylor (RB)
2015–2016Baylor (PGC/RB/ORC)
2017 Southeastern (OC)
2018 UCF (QB)
2019UCF (OC/QB)
2020–2021 Ole Miss (OC/QB)
2022–2023 Oklahoma (OC/QB)
2024–present Mississippi State
Head coaching record
Overall2–7

Jeff Lebby (born January 5, 1984) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Mississippi State University, a position he has held since 2024, earning an annual salary of $4.5 million. [1] He has previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Oklahoma, an assistant coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Baylor University and University of Central Florida (UCF).

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Playing career

Lebby played high school football at Andrews High School. [2] He earned All-State honors his senior year and signed with Oklahoma to play football. An injury ended his playing career in college.

Coaching career

Early career

After the injury ended his playing career, he switched to coaching and stayed at Oklahoma as a student assistant. [3] At Oklahoma, he would meet then-Oklahoma quarterback and future boss Josh Heupel. He left Oklahoma to coach the offensive line and tight ends at Victoria High School (Texas).

Baylor

Lebby came back to the collegiate ranks in 2008, and served various roles for Baylor across nine seasons which included passing game coordinator for two seasons. From 2008 to 2011, he was the assistant director of football operations. [4] He also served five seasons as a running backs coach. [4]

Role during 2015 Baylor football scandal

While coaching at Baylor University, Lebby was named by Baylor student Dolores Lozano as one of the coaches that took no action against running back Devin Chafin after she reported being physically assaulted three times by him. [5] After Art Briles was terminated by Baylor, Lebby defended Briles, who is also Lebby's father-in-law, and sold shirts with #CAB (Coach Art Briles) in a show of continued support. [6]

Southeastern

He got his first full time offensive coordinator opportunity at Southeastern, an NAIA school in Florida. He helped lead Southeastern to the Mid-South Conference Sun Division title and a playoff berth. Southeastern would finish with the No. 1 scoring offense and the No. 3 total offense in the NAIA that year.

UCF

On December 24, 2017, UCF announced the hire of Lebby as their quarterback coach, reuniting with Josh Heupel. Under his guidance, quarterback McKenzie Milton was 7th in yards per attempt and 9th in passing efficiency rating. Milton would finish 6th in Heisman Trophy voting that year. [7] He was promoted to offensive coordinator the following year in 2019. His offense ranked 5th in total offense and true freshman quarterback Dillon Gabriel threw for 3,653 yards and 29 touchdowns. [8]

Ole Miss

On December 11, 2019, Lebby was hired by Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss to serve in the same role as he did at UCF. [9] In his first season with the Rebels, Lebby's offense ranked eighth in total offense. [10]

On January 6, 2021, Lebby signed a two-year extension with Ole Miss. [11]

Oklahoma

On December 8, 2021, Oklahoma football finalized a deal for Lebby to be the Sooners' new offensive coordinator under newly hired head coach Brent Venables. Lebby’s contract with Oklahoma is for three years and $5.7 million dollars. [12]

During his first season at Oklahoma, the Sooners were ranked 13th nationally in yards per game, [13] improving to 4th in 2023. [14]

Mississippi State

On November 26, 2023, Lebby was named the head coach at Mississippi State. [15]

Personal life

Lebby is married to his wife, Staley, and they have two children. [16] Lebby is the son-in-law of American football coach Art Briles and the brother-in-law of Kendal Briles. [17]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Mississippi State 2–70–5
Mississippi State:2–70–5
Total:2–7

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References

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  6. ↑ "Ex-Baylor football coach Briles and his family to start campaign benefiting Waco advocacy center for crime victims". Dallas News. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Ole Miss OC Lebby agrees to new 2-year deal". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
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