Bellarmine University Women's Basketball

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.      

Dugan became the sixth head coach in Bellarmine University womens basketball history and, in her fourth season, guided the Knights to their first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title. In 2015-16, Dugan's squad returned to the prominence not witnessed in the program since the 1990s, tying the program record for best win percentage in a season (85.7) after finishing 24-4. The Knights' 15-3 mark in the GLVC tied its best output among its 18-game conference seasons. Dugan guided BU to an unprecedented GLVC Tournament championship after her squad upset No. 10 Drury, 80-77, in the semifinals and claimed the title with an 89-78 victory over No. 22 Quincy in the finals. That set the stage for a Selection Sunday in which it was announced that Bellarmine earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008. The Knights entered the Big Dance ranked 20th in the nation. Dugan made an immediate impact on the team in her first season. Inheriting a program coming off two losing seasons, she turned the Knights around in 2012-13 and led the team to a 19-11 record that included a 10-1 start to her tenure. Dugan has guided BU into the GLVC Tournament in each season of her term and overseen seven All-GLVC selections, including 2014-15 co-Freshman of the Year Raven Merriweather. Dugan, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate, spent 13 seasons as head coach at Division I Florida Atlantic University before taking the helm at Bellarmine. At FAU, she led the Owls to their respective conference postseason tournament each year. In 2005-06, FAU captured the Atlantic Sun championship and earned the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Prior to her stint at FAU, Dugan was head coach at GLVC rival University of Southern Indiana, where she coached the Screaming Eagles to four NCAA Tournament appearances in eight seasons from 1991-99 including an appearance in the 1997 NCAA Division II national championship game. Dugan guided USI to a 30-2 record in 1997 that included 29 straight wins.   In 1997-98, Dugan picked up GLVC Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, leading USI to another regular-season title and capturing the inaugural GLVC Tournament at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.   Dugan's players have accumulated a combined eight first-team all-conference (GLVC, TAAC/Atlantic Sun, Sun Belt) selections, 12 second team, 13 third team/honorable mention, four conference Players of the Year, one Defensive Player of the Year and two Freshman of the Year awards.   A four-year letter winner for Eastern Kentucky University (1978-82), Dugan was a three-year starter and finished her junior and senior seasons as the Lady Colonels' leading rebounder and second-leading scorer. She earned a bachelor of science in physical education from EKU and a master of arts in physical education from Morehead State University.  

Litton has been an assistant for the Bellarmine University women's basketball team under Coach Chancellor Dugan since 2012, but their relationship extends far beyond their days together with the Knights. Litton has been by Dugans side since their days at Southern Indiana, which continued at Florida Atlantic. The duo had success in both stops, leading USI to a 30-2 season in 1996-97 that included 29 straight wins and a national runner-up finish, and guiding Florida Atlantic to the 2005-06 Atlantic Sun championship. In 2015-16, Litton helped return Bellarmine to the prominence not witnessed in the program since the 1990s, as the Knights tied the program record for best win percentage in a season (85.7) after finishing 24-4. BU's 15-3 mark in the GLVC tied its best output among its 18-game conference seasons. Litton then helped guide Bellarmine to an unprecedented GLVC Tournament championship after an upset over No. 10 Drury, 80-77, in the semifinals and an 89-78 victory over No. 22 Quincy in the finals. That set the stage for a Selection Sunday in which it was announced that Bellarmine earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008. The Knights entered the Big Dance ranked 20th in the nation. Litton helped the new coaching staff make an immediate impact on Bellarmine in its first season. Inheriting a program coming off two losing seasons, Litton assisted in the turnaround of the Knights in 2012-13 and helped lead the team to a 19-11 record that included a 10-1 start. Bellarmine has advanced to the GLVC Tournament in each season of Litton's tenure, and the Knights have earned seven All-GLVC notices, including 2014-15 co-Freshman of the Year Raven Merriweather. Originally from Maysville, Kentucky, Litton graduated from Mason County High School after helping lead the girls' basketball team to three Kentucky state tournament berths. She played collegiately at Morehead State, graduating in 1993 with a degree in physical education and health. After graduating from MSU, she was the head JV and assistant varsity coach at Monroe County and Fleming County before joining Dugan at USI. She was inducted into the KHSAA 10th Region and the USI Hall of Fame.  

Camille McLellan joined the Bellarmine University women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in June of 2025 and received a promotion with the added responsibility of recruiting coordinator in May of 2026. The 2026-27 campaign will mark McLellan's second with the Knights. McLellan arrived at Bellarmine after a highly successful two-year stint at Monroe (NY) College in which she guided the Mustangs to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament both seasons. She shepherded Monroe to consecutive Region 20 Championship titles along with the 2024 Mid-Atlantic District Championship crown en route to NJCAA's "Big Dance" and was recognized as the NJCAA Mid-Atlantic District Coach of the Year in both years. In McLellan’s first season at Monroe in 2023-24, she steered the Mustangs to a 19-11 finish. Her 2024-25 squad opened the season 6-0, which was the first of three separate six-game winning streaks plus another five-game march on the way to a 25-5 mark. McLellan mentored an All-American both seasons (Emma Wilson-Saltos in 2023-24 and Kaylyn Lelie in 2024-25) at Monroe’s helm while six players signed with either Division I or D2 programs. Prior to her stint at Monroe, McLellan was a graduate assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson, helping the 2022-23 Knights to a program-record 24 victories and a Northeast Conference regular-season championship. She preceded her time at FDU by serving as the women’s basketball program’s coordinator of recruiting and player development at Fordham University. McLellan graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science in human development and family science degree from Ohio State University in 2021 and followed by earning a master of sports coaching and leadership degree from OSU in 2022. Buckeye country is also where her college coaching journey began, as she served as a graduate manager with the women’s basketball team and was part of a staff that led OSU to a Big Ten regular-season championship in 2021-22.    

Shaqwedia Wallace joined the Bellarmine University women's basketball coaching staff as an assistant in July of 2025 following a distinguished 14-year professional playing career overseas. Wallace’s accomplished international playing tenure included stints in Spain (2011-12, UNB), Portugal (2012-13, Quinta Dos Lombos; 2014-16, Club Uniao Sportiva), France (2016-17, Angers; 2018-19, Nantes; 2023, RVBC), Belgium (2017-18, Waregem; 2019-20, Castors Braine), Turkey (2020-21, Adana Basket Klub; 2022-23, Antalya; 2024, Bursa), Israel (2021, Ramat Gan), Romania (2021-22, Sepsi Sic), Beirut (2022, Beirut Club), Mexico (2024, Adelitas) and Lebanon (2025, Beirut Club). Wallace earned two league championships and one EuroCup title while being named MVP (2014) in her time in Portugal with Club Uniao Sportiva. She helped lead Castors Braine of Belgium, Ramat Gan of Israel and Sepsi Sic of Romania to regular-season league championships and delivered an MVP campaign (2022) while powering Beirut Club of Beirut to an Arab Club championship. Wallace had a prolific four-year college career at Temple University in which she finished her tenure as the program’s 12th-leading scorer all-time (1,190 points) and its all-time leader in 3-pointers made (162). As a senior in 2010-11, the 5-foot-9 guard was a third-team All-Atlantic 10 selection after averaging 13.5 points and 2.7 assists per game. Wallace additionally received first-team Big 5 plaudits as a senior and second-team laurels as a junior (the “Big 5” is an association of college athletic programs located in the Philadelphia area). She had a breakout sophomore campaign as a super sub for the Owls, averaging 11.0 points per game and following with a 10.6-point clip as a junior. Wallace earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Temple. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Wallace played high school basketball at Laney High School, where she was recognized as the Wilmington Star News Player of the Year as a senior while averaging 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game and spurring the team to a 28-2 record. Laney retired Wallace’s jersey, where it sits next to boys alum Michael Jordan’s in a display case.      

Devrinn Paul, who worked with the University of Louisville women’s basketball staff while Bellarmine head coach Monique Reid was building her Hall of Fame playing career with the Cardinals, reunited with Reid as an assistant coach with the Knights in May of 2026. Before arriving at Bellarmine, Paul most was the head women’s basketball coach at Division III Rose-Hulman for three seasons (2023-26). After the program recorded just 23 wins in four years combined before his arrival, he guided the Fighting’ Engineers to a combined 24 victories in his first two seasons at the helm, including a 10-win improvement in his inaugural year in Terre Haute, Indiana. Paul got his feet wet in the college coaching ranks under Jeff Walz at Louisville, where he was a graduate assistant for two years before working as the video coordinator for three more. His time at U of L (2008-13) coincided with the standout playing career of Louisville Athletics Hall of Famer Reid. Paul was part of the first Cardinal women’s basketball program to make it to the NCAA Final Four (2009), a feat the Cards repeated in 2013. In those watershed seasons, Paul helped Louisville to a 34-5 record (14-2 in the Big East) and final No. 7 national ranking in 2009 and a 29-9 mark in 2013, when the Cardinals’ NCAA Tournament run included a stunning 82-81 win over Britney Griner-led Baylor that landed them a nomination for “Best Upset” at the 2013 ESPYs. He helped develop five WNBA draft picks at Louisville, including a No. 1 overall selection in Angel McCoughtry. Following his time at Louisville, Paul spent three years as an assistant coach at Marshall University from 2013-16. The team saw consistent improvement throughout his time in Huntington, rising from an 11-win team in his first season with the team to a 21-12 record in 2015-16. The 2016 team reached the semifinals of the Conference USA Tournament by defeating defending champion Western Kentucky. The 21 wins were the most for the program since the 1986-87 season.  After working in the private sector and in public education, Paul returned to coaching in 2022-23 as an assistant at Cincinnati under head coach Michelle Clark-Heard. He would follow by accepting the head coaching position at Rose-Hulman. Paul is a 2008 graduate of Kentucky State University in business marketing with a minor in journalism. He served as a student assistant coach with the men’s basketball program for five years while earning his bachelor’s degree. He went on to earn a pair of master’s degrees, first in higher education at Louisville (2010) and then in Special Education Teaching 7-12 at Brooklyn College (2020). In May of 2025, Paul released his first book titled “Coaching the Winner Within, 7 Leadership Skills to Elevate Your Team and Your Life.” A native of Hempstead, New York, Paul moved to Louisville at age 9 and attended Waggener High School, where he played varsity basketball and football. He received a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation scholarship award in 2003 for football and was first-team All-District in 2002 and 2003. Paul and his wife, Gabrielle, have a daughter, Summer, and son, Ace.   

Kaitlyn Keathley joined the Bellarmine University women’s basketball staff as the director of basketball operations in May of 2026. Keathley arrived at Bellarmine after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at Division II Mississippi College. Prior to her year with the Choctaws, she was an assistant coach at D2’s Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 2024-25. Before entering the collegiate coaching ranks, Keathley served as a graduate assistant in academic advising at her alma mater, Morehead State University, where the native of Pikeville, Kentucky, holds a bachelor’s degree in university studies and a master’s degree in sports management. Following a standout career at Prestonburg (Ky.) High School, Keathley competed for two seasons at Presbyterian College (2019-21) in South Carolina before suiting up for Morehead State in the 2021-22 campaign, when she was recognized on the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. In high school, Keathley was a four-year starter and three-time captain over a career in which she amassed over 1,400 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists and 350 steals. As a senior, the guard averaged 17.8 points, 5.1 assists and 6.5 rebounds while being named third-team All-State along with All-Region, All-District, first-team All-Mountain and first-team East Kentucky Broadcasting All-Region. In total, Keathley was a three-time All-District selection while twice earning All-Region and All-Mountain accolades. In addition to basketball, she was a five-time track and field/cross country regional champion who earned Academic All-State honors for track and field in 2017.