Brigitte Affidehome Tonon is a Beninese researcher, author former basketball player and head coach of Benin men's national basketball team. Having coached Benin at the regional 2017 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers, Tonon became the first woman in Africa to coach a men's national basketball team.[1]
Background edit
Tonon was born to Pierre Coffi Tonon, who as of 2017 was the Secretary General of the Federation Beninoise de Basketball (FBBB)[2]
She has a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC)[3]
Career edit
In 2017, Tonon was named head coach of the Benin men's national basketball team in 2017 and was in charge of the team during the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket Qualifiers in Cotonou where she coached the team to a 69-61 victory over Burkina Faso.[4] Tonon works at the Benin Sports Institute in Porto Novo as a Coaches, Instructor[5]
As a holder of a PhD in Exercise Physiology, Tonon is a published author on the same subject.[3]
See also
References edit
- ^ "First woman to coach men's national team in Africa cherishes Benin's FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifier experience". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Free Throw: Meet first woman to coach men's national team in Africa". The Sun Nigeria. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ a b "Brigitte TONON | PhD exercise physiology | University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou | UAC | National Youth and Sports Education Institute (INJEPS)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Benin at the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "First woman to coach men's national team in Africa cherishes Benin's FIBA AfroBasket 2017 qualifier experience". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-28.