| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 1988–89 |
| Prev Year: | 1987–88 |
| Next Year: | 1989–90 |
| Team: | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Coachrank: | 11 |
| Aprank: | 8 |
| Record: | 27–5 |
| Conf Record: | 16–2 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Champion: | Big Ten Conference regular season co-champions |
| Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 27–5 overall, 16–2 in Big Ten play, sharing a piece of the conference championship in back-to-back-to-back seasons. Iowa advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the women's NCAA basketball tournament another accomplishment for the third straight season.
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament[1] [2]
See main article: 1988–89 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.