Thonon Black Panthers


The Black Panthers of Thonon is a French American football club based in Thonon-les-Bains and founded in 1987 by Benoît Sirouet, Nicolas Schpoliansky and Frederic Mériguet.
Jérôme Garnier quickly joined the three founding members and became the first President of the Club.
The first Head Coach of the team was called Jolly Bruno, former player of Blue Angels of Joinville le Pont.
Now chaired by Benoît Sirouet, the club has led since 2017 by Fabien Ducousso also known as Coach Hippo

Teams

The club has four different teams of American football and three flag football.

Seniors

Champion ** : 2004, 2011, 2012
Vice Champion ** : 2006, 2007 and 2008

Flag

SeasonDivisionResults
1997D2Demi-finaliste
1998D11/4 finalist
1999D1Semi-finalist
2000D1Semi-finalist
2001D11/4 finalist
2002D1Regular season
2003D2Semi-finalist

SeasonDivisionResults
2011D1Regular season
2012D1Finalist
2013D1Champion
2014D1Champion
2015D1Finalist

Personalities linked to the club

Staff

The Black Panthers of Thonon-les-Bains were the first in France to broadcast all of their regular season games live on the Internet.
The BPWEBTV created in 2010 was well-received, and broadened for the 2011 season.