2024–25 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team
The 2024–25 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Chelsea Lyles, play their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.After coaching the first two games of the season, on November 13, 2024, longtime head coach Karl Smesko announced that he would be stepping down from his position, after 22+ seasons, in order to take the head coaching position of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream,[1] with assistant coach Chelsea Lyles being named his successor the following day, becoming just the second head coach in program history.[3] They defeated Jacksonville,[4] Austin Peay,[5] and Central Arkansas to win their eighth consecutive ASUN tournament title and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[8] Roster Last update: January 6, 2025 Sources:[9][10]
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