The Utah State Aggies women’s basketball team represents Utah State University in NCAA Division I competition. The Aggies compete in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). They play their home games at the Smith Spectrum. As of the end of the 2023–24 regular season, the Aggies have an all-time record of 234 wins and 440 losses.

History The Aggies started play in the 1971-72 season as a member of the AIAW. They made the AIAW First Round in their first four years and the regionals in their final year of being in the AIAW during the 1981-82 season. Utah State joined the NCAA as an independent for the 1982-83 season where they would go on to only win 18 games in the last five years of the program's first run in basketball. The women's team was shuttered from 1988 to 2002. Utah State played in the Intermountain Athletic Conference from 1973 to 1982, played as an Independent from 1982 to 1984, the High Country Athletic Conference from 1984 to 1987, the Big West Conference from 2003 to 2005, and the Western Athletic Conference from 2006 to 2013 before joining the Mountain West Conference in 2014.

The Aggies have made appearances in the WNIT in 2011 and 2012, as well as the three appearances in WBI tournaments. The Aggies have won only a single conference title as a member of the AIAW, and as a result have never qualified for the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

In November 2019, Jerry Finkbeiner, in his eight season as head coach of the Aggies, stepped down for medical reasons. His three postseason tournament appearances are the most among Aggies head coaches all-time.

In March 2020, Southeastern Louisiana alum Kayla Ard was named as head coach. Under Ard, the Aggies amassed four consecutive losing seasons, including 26 losses in 2022–23, which is tied for the most losses by any Utah State women's basketball team in program history. Kayla Ard Named Utah State Head Women's Basketball Coach Ard herself announced she was fired during the press conference of the 2024 Mountain West tournament game, following another 25-loss season.

1972–73 17–3 n/a Fern Gardner1973–74 12–2 8–0 Fern Gardner1974–75 14–6 10–3 Fern Gardner1975–76 12–9 10–3 Fern Gardner1976–77 12–12 9–4 Marilyn Weiss1977–78 9–14 8–5 Marilyn Weiss1978–79 14–10 5–8 Cindy Perkins1979–80 13–15 5–5 Cindy Perkins1980–81 12–19 5–5 Cindy Perkins1981–82 12–20 6–4 Cindy Perkins1982–83 3–22 n/a Karen Logan1983–84 2–23 n/a Karen Logan1984–85 9–19 3–9 Bob Corbin1985–86 3 - 25 0–12 Bob Corbin1986–87 1–26 0–12 Lloydene Searle2003–04 5–22 5–13 (10th) Raegan Pebley2004–05 14–14 9–9 (6th) Raegan Pebley2005–06 3–24 2–14 (9th) Raegan Pebley2006–07 11–18 7–9 (6th) Raegan Pebley2007–08 9–20 5–11 (7th) Raegan Pebley2008–09 16–15 9–7 (5th) Raegan Pebley2009–10 13–17 5–11 (7th) Raegan Pebley2010–11 18–15 10–6 (3rd) Raegan Pebley2011–12 21–10 11–3 (2nd) Raegan Pebley2012–13 18–14 14–4 (2nd) Jerry Finkbeiner2013–14 15–16 8–10 (8th) Jerry Finkbeiner2014–15 8–23 5–13 (10th) Jerry Finkbeiner2015–16 14–17 8–10 (7th) Jerry Finkbeiner2016–1717–159–9 (6th)Jerry Finkbeiner2017–187–235–13 (T-8th)Jerry Finkbeiner2018–1917–1610–9 (T-5th)Jerry Finkbeiner2019–208–232–16 (11th)Ben Finkbeiner (interim)2020–214–202–16 (10th)Kayla Ard2021–2211–195–13 (9th)Kayla Ard2022–234–261–17 (11th)Kayla Ard2023–245–252–16 (T-10th)Kayla Ard2024–254–273–15 (T-10th)Wesley Brooks

Postseason

WNIT The Aggies have appeared in two WNIT tournaments. Their combined record is 1–2. 2011––––First Round Second RoundArizona BYUW 103–95 L 102–632012––––First RoundUtahL 69–58

WBI The Aggies have appeared in three Women's Basketball Invitational tournaments. Their combined record is 1–3. 2013#3First RoundSouth DakotaL 77–692017––––First RoundIdahoL 64–592019––––First Round QuarterfinalsUC Riverside North TexasW 68–60 L 56–54

AIAW Division I The Aggies made four appearances in the AIAW Division I women's basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–8. 1972 First RoundConsolation First RoundConsolation Second Round West Chester StateWashington StateQueens (NY) L 45–79W 40–37L 57–65 1973 First RoundConsolation First Round Stephen F. AustinUC Riverside L 48–53L 41–47 1974 First RoundConsolation First Round William PennIllinois State L 34–54L 46–74 1975 First RoundConsolation First Round Tennessee TechFederal City L 45–91L 34–89

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