The Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cardinal are led by head coach Kate Paye, who previously served as the associate head coach under Tara VanDerveer, the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history before her retirement in 2024. The Cardinal won national championships in 1990, 1992 and 2021, and were runners-up in 2008 and 2010.