2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball team

2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record7–23 (4–14 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ken Griffin
  • Tamisha Augustin
  • Joe Silvestri
Home arenaCFE Arena
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UConn180 1.000380  1.000
No. 21 South Florida144 .7782410  .706
Temple135 .7222312  .657
Memphis126 .6671813  .581
Tulane117 .6112312  .657
Tulsa810 .4441219  .387
SMU711 .3891318  .419
East Carolina612 .3331319  .406
Cincinnati414 .222822  .267
UCF414 .222723  .233
Houston216 .111624  .200
American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 39th season of basketball, were led by ninth-year head coach Joi Williams, and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 7–23, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic women's tournament to SMU.

On March 7, 2016, following UCF's third consecutive first round loss in the conference tournament, Joi Williams was fired after serving as head coach for 9 years. Williams finished her record at UCF, 114-163 overall and 59-91 in conference play.