2025–26 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team

2025–26 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record14–20 (6–14 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Klinkefus
  • Tramel Barnes
  • Billy Brown
  • Warren Niles
  • Gavin Block
Home arenaKnapp Center
(Capacity: 6,424)
2025–26 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 16 4   .800 26 6   .813
Bradley 13 7   .650 21 11   .656
Illinois State 12 8   .600 20 12   .625
Murray State 12 8   .600 20 12   .625
UIC 12 8   .600 19 15   .559
Northern Iowa 11 9   .550 23 12   .657
Valparaiso 11 9   .550 18 15   .545
Southern Illinois 10 10   .500 16 16   .500
Drake 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
Indiana State 4 16   .200 11 21   .344
Evansville 3 17   .150 7 25   .219
2026 MVC tournament winner
As of March 8, 2026

The 2025–26 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by Eric Henderson in his first season as head coach, played their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

The Bulldogs debuted their third head coach in three years, after previous head coach Ben McCollum left the team after just one season to take the head coach position at Iowa. On March 28, Drake named South Dakota State's Eric Henderson as the team's new head coach.

This for the first time since 2022 that Drake failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament as they defeated by UIC in Semifinal of Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.