The 36-year-old has been with the program in various capacities since 2008, taking over for the program's creator and architect Karl Smesko.

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.

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

Karl Smesko, who built the Eagles into a mid-major powerhouse, is leaving the Eagles after 23 seasons to become the head ...

Karl Smesko built Florida Gulf Coast into one of the country's most consistent mid-major women's basketball teams. Is his ...

The Atlanta Dream hired longtime Florida Gulf Coast coach Karl Smesko to lead the team Wednesday.

The Atlanta Dream are the latest WNBA team to make a new coaching hire this offseason, and in a surprise twist they've lured ...

Karl Smesko has become synonymous with a unique style of offensive basketball over the past two decades at Florida Gulf Coast ...

The Atlanta Dream managed to do what many other teams have tried over the years. They lured Karl Smesko away from Florida ...