Bellarmine University Athletics

Monique Reid was named the seventh head coach in Bellarmine University women's basketball history in April of 2025.

Before taking the helm of the program, Reid was an assistant coach at Bellarmine for two seasons. She helped the Knights set the program's benchmark for success in the NCAA's highest level in 2024-25, as BU set new Division I-era records for total wins (18), ASUN wins (eight), road wins (nine) and winning streak (six) while also winning its first-ever ASUN Tournament game.

Reid joined the staff as an assistant prior to the 2023-24 season after enjoying an extensive professional playing career overseas. A precursor to the unprecedented D1-era success in 2024-25, Bellarmine's late run included a sweep of Lipscomb and Austin Peay in the final week of the regular season en route to the first of two straight ASUN Tournament bids.

Bellarmine has garnered four All-ASUN accolades, four Academic All-ASUN Team laurels and 11 ASUN weekly awards (Player/Newcomer/Freshman of the Week) in Reid's time at Bellarmine.

Reid retired as a professional player in June of 2023 after a distinguished decade of playing abroad in which the 6-foot-1 small forward captured numerous MVP awards, scoring titles and championships. Her international stops included Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Chile, Puerto Rico, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Over a decade, the Louisville native was named MVP four times and earned 10 total championships while frequently winning the scoring title, including in her last full season, which came in Turkey when she averaged 30.9 points per game.

Reid was one of the most prolific players in University of Louisville history and was inducted into its Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. When she was hired as an assistant at Bellarmine, she still ranked in the program's all-time top 10 in career points (1,725), rebounds (802), field goals made (643) and free throws made (430) in a tenure that spanned from 2008-13.

Reid was named first-team All-Big East as a sophomore and junior and helped lead the Cardinals to the Final Four — and NCAA Tournament runner-up finishes — in 2009 and 2013. As a sophomore, she was also recognized as the Big East Most Improved Player of the Year.

Reid played high school basketball at Fern Creek in Louisville where, over four seasons, she piled up 2,666 career points and 1,558 career rebounds while averaging 25.4 points per game. She was named a Courier Journal first-team All-State selection and the Region 7 Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons, averaging 31.6 points, 19.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists in the latter while being chosen to play for the Kentucky All-Star team.