It was also FGCU's first win of the season after two opening road losses. “The role is different, and now every decision is on you,” said Lyles, who played and coached under Smesko for 17 years before being elevated from associate head coach to head coach after Smesko's resignation.

I want to thank (FGCU AD) Colin (Hargis) for entrusting me in such a short ... When you talk about the young women who are a part of this campus community, a part of our athletics department, you can look at Chelsea Lyles and say, she did it, I can do ...

The Atlanta Dream hired Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball coach Karl Smesko as its next head coach, the WNBA franchise announced Wednesday.