The 2016–17 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by fourth year head coach , played their home games at HTC Center and were first year members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 13–16, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt women's tournament to Appalachian State.