The 2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represents Santa Clara University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by first-year head coach Loree Payne, play their home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California, as members of the West Coast Conference.
Previous season The Broncos finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 8–12 in WCC play, to finish in eighth place. They were defeated by Loyola Marymount in the second round of the WCC tournament.
Prior to the season, on October 12, 2024, head coach Bill Carr announced his resignation, ending his eight-year tenure with the team, with associate head coach Michael Floyd being named interim head coach for the 2024–25 season. On March 24, 2025, it was announced that the school would be hiring Northern Arizona head coach Loree Payne as the team's new head coach.
Preseason On October 23, 2025, the West Coast Conference released their preseason poll. Santa Clara was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +WCC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 119 (9) 2 111 (3) 3 94 4 91 5 Santa Clara 84 6 70 7 55 8 52 9 38 10 36 11 31 12 11
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Preseason All-WCC Team Preseason All-WCC TeamPlayerYearPositionSophie GlanceyGraduate StudentForwardMaia JonesJuniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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