The 2025–26 Bellarmine Knights women's basketball team represents Bellarmine University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Knights, led by first-year head coach Monique Reid, play their home games at Knights Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season The Knights finished the 2024–25 season 18–15, 8–10 in ASUN play, to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Jacksonville, before falling to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament.
Following the season, on April 2, 2025, it was announced that head coach Chancellor Dugan would be retiring, ending her 13-year tenure with the team. A little over a week later, on April 11, it was announced that assistant coach Monique Reid would be promoted to be the team's next head coach.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the Atlantic Sun Conference released their preseason coaches and media polls. Bellarmine was picked to finish ninth in the coaches poll, and eighth in the media poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 128 (6) 2 124 (3) 3 118 (1) 4 98 5 97 (1) 6 77 7 73 8 61 9 Bellarmine 49 10 48 11 37 (1) 12 26
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 Florida Gulf Coast 474 (36) 2 Central Arkansas 416 3 Lipscomb 370 4 Eastern Kentucky 368 (2) 5 Stetson 308 6 North Alabama 240 7 Jacksonville 238 8 Bellarmine 216 9 Austin Peay 172 10 West Georgia 146 11 North Florida 88 12 Queens 84
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Preseason All-ASUN Team No players were named to the Preseason All-ASUN Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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