2023–24 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs women's basketball team

The Runnin' Bulldogs, were led by first-year head coach Scott Merritt, played their home games at Paul Porter Arena in Boiling Springs, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.

The Runnin' Bulldogs finished the 2022–23 season 29–5, 18–0 in Big South play, to finish as Big South regular season champions.

[1] In the Big South tournament, they defeated UNC Asheville,[2] Radford,[3] and High Point to win the Big South tournament championship and earning the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

[5] They would end up losing to #2 region seed Utah in the first round.

[6] On April 6, head coach Alex Simmons announced that she would be stepping down, after 5 seasons at the helm, in order to take the head coaching position at Memphis.