The 2016–17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Thunderbirds were led by first-year head coach Todd Simon and played their home games at the Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference.

They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to North Dakota.

On March 9, 2016, head coach Nick Robinson was fired.

[1][2] On March 22, the school hired Todd Simon as head coach.