Friday will be Chelsea Lyles' last official day as FGCU women's basketball coach, according to her resignation letter obtained by The News-Press. The two-sentence letter read, "Please let this ...

Chelsea Lyles, who spent the past 14 seasons as an assistant women's basketball coach at FGCU, has been named head coach replacing Karl Smesko.

FGCU women's basketball coach Chelsea Lyles resigned after one season. Lyles spent 17 years with the program, first as a player and then as a coach.

Chelsea Lyles a multi-sport star at FGCU The Colorado native was a three-sport athlete at Harrison High in Colorado Springs, starring in basketball, volleyball, and track.

Lyles has been at FGCU in multiple capacities since 2008, serving as a star player and then as an assistant coach for the last decade-plus.