The 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.

All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV.

Road games will also be broadcast on the FGCU Portal.