The 2017–18 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators, led by first-year head coach Cameron Newbauer, played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 11–19, 3–13 in SEC play to finish in a 3 tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the SEC women's tournament to Ole Miss.
Previous season The Gators finished the season 15–16, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of SEC women's tournament where they lost to Texas A&M.
On March 6, the school fired Amanda Butler. She finished at Florida with a 10-year record of 190–136.
Roster
Coaches NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Cameron Newbauer Head coach IUPUI 2001 Kelly Rae Finley Assistant coach Colorado State 2003 Laura Harper Assistant coach Maryland 2000 John McCray Assistant coach Ohio State 1998 Serena Wilson Director of basketball operations Florida 2008 Scott Schmelzer Director of Scouting and Video Operations Butler 2013 Jessica Mateer Athletic Trainer Olivet Nazarene 2009 Justin McClelland Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Eastern (PA) 2011 Christine Clark Recruiting Specialist Harvard 2014 Lani McQuade Executive assistant Holy Names 1991 Allison Sanders Graduate Assistant Southeastern (FL) 2016 Cameron Kinzer Coordinator of Basketball Technology Florida 2017
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season
!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|SEC Women's Tournament
Source:Schedule
See also 2017–18 Florida Gators men's basketball team
References