| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 1996–97 |
| Team: | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 15–12 |
| Conf Record: | 8–6 |
| Head Coach: | Dan Fitzgerald |
| Hc Year: | 15th |
| Asst Coach1: | Dan Monson |
| Ac1 Year: | 9th |
| Asst Coach2: | Mark Few |
| Ac2 Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach3: | Bill Grier |
| Ac3 Year: | 6th |
| Arena: | Charlotte Y. Martin Centre |
The 1996–97 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifteenth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were overall in the regular season (8–6 in WCC, tied for fourth),[1] and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.
As announced two years earlier, athletic director Fitzgerald stepped down as head coach after the season, and nine-year assistant Dan Monson was promoted.[2] [3] [4]
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