Jeff Lebby
Jeff Lebby went 11–20 as a head coach, 2024–2026, at Mississippi State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–1); by them his record is 11–19. Share
- Record
- 11–20 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 5, 1984
- Best season
- 2026 4–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 2–10 | 16th | |||
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 5–8 | T–13th | Duke’s Mayo Bowl L | ||
| 2026 | Mississippi State | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 4–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 14 | 2–12 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Conference games | 20 | 3–17 | 15% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| At home | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| On the road | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 6–1 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
His own 31 games on file, 2024–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Drinkwitz 2024–2026 | 1–2 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Lane Kiffin 2024–2026 | 0–3 | Ole Miss, LSU | 3 |
Jeff Lebby’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Missouriseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Arkansasseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Floridaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Georgiaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ole Missseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Texasseries | 2 | 0–2 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Mississippi State for the 2024 season from Oklahoma, where he was offensive coordinator.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–06 | Oklahoma | Student assistant | |
| 2007 | Victoria Memorial HS (TX) high school | Offensive line and tight ends coach | |
| 2008–11 | Baylor | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2012–14 | Baylor | Running backs coach | |
| 2015–16 | Baylor | Passing game coordinator, running backs coach and ORC | |
| 2017 | Southeastern | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2018 | UCF | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019 | UCF | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020–21 | Ole Miss | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022–23 | Oklahoma | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2024–present | Mississippi State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob StoopsOklahoma
- Art BrilesBaylor
- Jim GrobeBaylor
- Josh HeupelUCF
- Lane KiffinOle Miss
- Brent VenablesOklahoma
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mike MacIntyreSan José State, Colorado, Florida International
- Paul RhoadsIowa State
- Vincent DancyMississippi Valley State
- Matt WellsUtah State, Texas Tech
- Philip MontgomeryTulsa, Virginia Tech
- Zach ArnettMississippi State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 2002–06 | Student assistant | |
| Art Briles | Baylor | 2008–15 | 2008–11: offensive quality control coach; 2012–14: running backs coach; 2015: passing game coordinator, running backs coach and ORC | |
| Jim Grobe | Baylor | 2016 | Passing game coordinator, running backs coach and ORC | |
| Josh Heupel | UCF | 2018–19 | 2018: quarterbacks coach; 2019: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lane Kiffin | Ole Miss | 2020–21 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brent Venables | Oklahoma | 2022–23 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike MacIntyre | Mississippi State, 2025: defensive assistant | San José State, Colorado, Florida International | |
| Paul Rhoads | Mississippi State, 2025–26: defensive assistant | Iowa State | |
| Vincent Dancy | Mississippi State, 2025–26: defensive ends coach | Mississippi Valley State | |
| Matt Wells | Mississippi State, 2026: offensive assistant | Utah State, Texas Tech | |
| Philip Montgomery | Mississippi State, 2026: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | Tulsa, Virginia Tech | |
| Zach Arnett | Mississippi State, 2026: defensive coordinator | Mississippi State |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Tucker | Mississippi State, 2024–26: assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Coleman Hutzler | Mississippi State, 2024–25: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Matt Barnes | Mississippi State, 2024–26: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Kevin Johns | Mississippi State, 2026: quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Brock | Mississippi State, 2026: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Lebby’s teams went for it on 32% of fourth downs and on 49% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 23.4 seconds a play, 2024–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 12 g | 36 of 92 39% | 60% | 51% | 23.1 | +0.07 | |
| 2025 13 g | 28 of 106 26% | 42% | 46% | 23.8 | +0.05 | |
| 2026 6 g | 12 of 38 32% | 41% | 50% | 23.3 | +0.14 | |
| All 31 g | 76 of 236 32% | 49% | 49% | 23.4 | +0.08 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.