History
Beginning years (1912–1995)
The team started out as ''Rhöndorfer TV''.Alternating path between ProA and Pro B (1995–2010)
In 1995, the then called ''TV Tatami Rhöndorf'' team moved up from the second League north to theProB, Pro A and again ProB (2011–present)
Due to the license withdrawal against USC Freiburg and the GiroLive-Ballers Osnabrück the Dragons received their start right in the ProA for 2011/2012 first back. However, at the end of June 2011, those responsible announced that the Dragons would retire to the ProB. Financial aspects were responsible for this. There the younger team was able to establish itself in the course of the season and reached the end of the regular season 5th place of the south relay. In the play-offs the Dragons succumbed the SGBraunschweig in two games and bowed out in the round of sixteen. Shortly thereafter followed the separation of coach Eric Detlev after over 10 years working for the Dragons. A reason for the separation were increasingly different views on the orientation of the club, but also the request for new impulses for the teams and the concept of the Dragons. In 2012 Boris Kaminski was introduced as a new head coach and sports director. Kaminski previously worked for the Hertener Löwen. The first season under Boris Kaminski supervision finished the Dragons in the first place 1 in the south relay with 19 wins and 3 losses. In the first round of the play-offs, the Dragons played against the BSW Sixers from Sandersdorf and also bowed out due to injury concerns in the first round. For the season 2013/2014 returned with Fabian Thüligaidol of the public back to the Dragons, after he had previously dissolved his contract with the Telekom Baskets Bonn. The team reached the 2014 play-offs with 12 wins and 10 losses in the regular season. Rival in the round of sixteen was the former Bundesliga team Schwelmer Baskets. Against the baskets, the Dragons finally bowed out with 1:2 in the first round. Shortly after leaving the play-offs, the Dragons announced the contract extension with head coach Boris Kaminski. He received a new contract until summer 2016. For the 2014/2015 season returned a former youth player of the Dragons Savo Milovic. Similarly the talents Kostja Mushidi, Alexander Angerer and Alexander Möller were appointed to the ProB squad of Rhöndorf. In the course of the season followed the separation of sports manager Sebastian Schmidt due to different views in the sporting and economic sphere of the club. Athletic established the Dragons in the top field of ProB-South and could finish the regular season in third place. In the play-offs the team of Boris Kaminski played in the round of sixteen against the Uni-Reisen Leipzig and bowed out with 1:2 and therefore did not survived for the fourth time in a row the first round of the play-offs. At the end of the season 2014/2015 it became known that the two athletically qualified teams of SC Rist Wedel and the Oldenburger TB would not make use of their right of promotion. After the Uni-ReisenLeipzig renounced the promotion the license went to the Dragons Rhöndorf, which officially announced on May 12, 2015, to compete again in the ProA. After only two wins and 16 defeats in January 2016 head coach Boris Kaminski resigned from his duties. Successor was his former co-coach Christian Mehrens. But even under Mehrens supervision the team did not reached the sporting turn around and the Dragons descended as the bottom of the league again in the ProB. Shortly after the end of the season, the Dragons announced the separation of Christian Mehrens, who received no new contract as a head coach. His predecessor Boris Kaminski returned to the Dragons Rhöndorf as the new general manager. New head coach for the 2016/2017 season was Matthias Sonnenschein, who previously worked as an assistant coach for the Dragons and as head coach the JBBL team of SG Bonn / Rhöndorf. The season was a real rollercoaster ride and culminated in the final round of the main round in a close final for the last playoff places. Ultimately, the Dragons slipped from seventh to tenth place due to their own loss to the Weißenhorn Youngstars and the parallel triumphs of the LicherBasketBären, the TG s.OliverWürzburg and the Skyliners Frankfurt II and had the first time in the club's history in the ProB relegation round. With the American Aaron Nelson left the statistically best player of the team before the start of the relegation round, the team management made a change of the coach at the end of March to set the fight another attraction: the Dutchman Thomas Roijakkers, who had been dismissed a month earlier in the likewise relegation-threatened RSV Eintracht (ProB north-relay), replaced Sunshine as a head coach. Ultimately the Rhöndorfer managed under Roijakkers leadership the league due to a 59–84 away win on the last day of the play-offs at the LicherBasketBären and were in the final table of the relegation round two points in front of the Uni-ReisenLeipzig, which due to a violation of the League statutes during the Playdowns had to accept a deduction of two players.Cooperations with other clubs
Schoss Hagerhof
Since several years there is a cooperation with the high school Schloss Hagerhof to allow an optimum network of sport and education to the talents. Many talented players went to Schloss Hagerhof, lived in the boarding school and graduated there. Also the high school Hagerhof offers with his main focus on sports the possibility to develop and individually to practice besides the Club practice to many young talents.Team 2017/2018
Kader der Dragons Rhöndorf in der Saison 2017/2018Coaches
Change to season 2017/2018
Zugänge: Thomas Adelt (Head coach/Telekom Baskets Bonn II), K.J. Sherrill (Hertener Löwen – not anymore in thesquad), Max Schwamborn (Co-Trainer/RheinStars Köln), Fabian Vermum (TuS Brauweiler), Kameron Taylor (Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule), Karl Mamady Dia (Telekom Baskets Bonn II), Ronalds Elksnis (BK Jelgava/LAT), Joe Koschade (Telekom Baskets Bonn II), Kevin Thomas (Enosis Neon Paralimni/CYP) Abgänge: Will Trawick(target unknown), Thomas Roijakkers (Head coach/Limburg United), Mike Lucier(target unknown), SavoMilovic (Co-Trainer/Telekom Baskets Bonn II), Florian Wendeler (Rot-Weiss Cuxhaven Basketball), Bastian Winterhalter (2. team), SaschaTratnjek (2. team), K.J. Sherrill (Telekom Baskets Bonn II), Maximilian Fouhy (SV Hagen-Haspe)Notable players
The following players were before, meanwhile or after their playtime a member of the Dragons A-National players: * Yassin Idbihi (2001–03) * Michael Koch 2003/04 Other former well known players are: * Steven Key (1996–99) * William Christmas (2021–Present) * Florian Koch (2011–13) * Zaba BangalaCoaching history
* Michael Laufer – 1993 to 1995 * Rob Friedrich – 1995 to 1996 * Tom Schneeman – 1996 to 1998 * Joe Whelton – 1998 to 1999 * Berthold Bisselik – 1999 to 2005, as well as 2006 to 2007 * Klaus Perwas – 2005 to 2006 * Olaf Stolz – 2007 to 2009 * Eric Detlev – 2009 to 2012 * Boris Kaminski – 2012 to 2016 * Christian Mehrens – 2016 * Matthias Sonnenschein – 2016 to 2017 * Thomas Roijakkers – 2017 * Thomas Adelt – since 2017Year-by-year
* 1994/1995: 1. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay (rise in the Basketball-Bundesliga) * 1995/1996: 11. Place Basketball-Bundesliga * 1996/1997: 2. Place Basketball-Bundesliga (2:4 bow out in the Play-Off quarter-final against Telekom Baskets Bonn) * 1997/1998: 5. Place Basketball-Bundesliga (1:4 bow out in the Play-Off quarter final against TBB Trier) * 1998/1999: 3. Place Basketball-Bundesliga (1:3 bow out in the Play-Off semi-final against Telekom Baskets Bonn, afterwards sale from the licence to the Frankfurt Skyliners) * 1999/2000: 2. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay (3. Place in the riseround) * 2000/2001: 1Place .in 2. Bundesliga North-relay (start right for the first league became to Köln 99ers delivered) * 2001/2002: 5. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2002/2003: 9. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2003/2004: 4.Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2004/2005: 3.Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2005/2006: 6. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2006/2007: 4. Place in 2. Bundesliga North-relay * 2007/2008: 4.Place ProA * 2008/2009: 4. Place ProA (afterwards voluntary retreat to ProB) * 2009/2010: 1. Place ProB (rise to ProA) * 2010/2011: 16. Place ProA (descent to ProB) * 2011/2012: 5. Place ProB-south (0:2 bow out in the Play-Off round of sixteen against SG Braunschweig) * 2012/2013: 1. Place ProB–south (0:2 bow out in the Play-Off round of sixteen against BSW Sixers) * 2013/2014: 6. Place ProB-south (1:2 bow out in the Play-Off round of sixteen against Schwelmer Baskets) * 2014/2015: 3. Place ProB–south (1:2 bow out in the Play-Off round of sixteen against Uni-Riesen Leipzig, rise to ProA by licence absence from Uni-Riesen Leipzig) * 2015/2016: 16. Place ProA (descent to ProB) * 2016/2017: 10.Place ProB-southTeam records
Other teams
* 2. men team: 2.Regionalleague West * 1. Ladys team: 1. Regionalleague West * U 19 male NBBL as cooperation SG Bonn / Rhöndorf * U 19 female NRW-league * U 16 male JBBL as cooperation SG Bonn / Rhöndorf * U 17 female WNBL * U 15 female Regionalleague * U 14 male RegionalleagueHome arenas
The Coliseum Menzenberg in Bad Honnef is the gymnasium where all home matches take place. The gymnasium includes capacity for 1500 places. Over the season 2006/2007 was it only possible to play in the neighbour coliseum „Sporthalle am Sonnnenhuegel“ in Oberpleis, because of an arson was the home coliseum unplayable. On time to the new season 2007/2008 was it luckily possible to practice and play again in the new renovated coliseum. Another renovation took place in the summerbreak 2015 and now you can see new scoreboards, a LED Videowall and a new floor. Other playplaces from the rest of the Dragons are: * New coliseum from Siebengebirgsgymnasium * New coliseum from * Old coliseum from * Coliseum Muehlenweg in RhöndorfReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhondorf Dragons 1912 establishments in Germany Bad Honnef Basketball clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Basketball teams established in 1912