The 2016–17 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team represented Jacksonville University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Dolphins, led by fourth year head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, played their home games at Swisher Gymnasium and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

They finished the season 23–9, 11–3 in A-Sun play finish in third place.

They advanced to the semifinals of the 2017 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast.

They were invited to the WNIT, where they lost to Georgia Tech in the first round.