Conference Southland Conference Head coach Kyle Keller (1st year) Assistant coach Derrick Jones | 2016–17 record 16–12 (11–5 Southland) Assistant coach Jeremy Cox Assistant coach Wade Mason | |
 | ||
The 2016–17 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team will represent Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks will be led by first-year head coach Kyle Keller and will play their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They are members of the Southland Conference.
Previous season
The Lumberjacks finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 28–6, 18–0 in Southland play to win the regular season championship. They won the Southland Tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 14 seed, they upset No. 3-ranked West Virginia in the First Round before losing in the final seconds to Notre Dame in the Second Round.
On March 21, 2016, head coach Brad Underwood left the school and was named the head coach at Oklahoma State. On April 4, 2016, Kyle Keler was named head coach.