Providence College basketball Coach Gordon Chiesa, who...

Providence College basketball Coach Gordon Chiesa, who took over after last year’s Final Four season but did not even make the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament this year, has resigned.

Chiesa was appointed in late August to replace Rick Pitino, who led the Friars to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament a year ago before resigning to become head coach of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Assn.

The Friars, without Pitino and point guard Billy Donovan, the team’s key performer, struggled through an 11-17 season this season and were eliminated by Connecticut in the first round of the Big East tournament.