The 2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to UCLA. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.