Brighton Cougars is an English basketball club from the city of Brighton. Established in 1989, the Cougars play at Dorothy Stringer School and attract a broad-based membership of boys and girls from five years old through to adult men and women. The club has recently had its Clubmark accreditation renewed by Sport England/England Basketball.
In 2007 the club applied to join the professional British Basketball League . The club aimed to compete in Britain's top-tier league in the 2008-09 season, and would have occupied the spot vacated by Brighton's former professional basketball franchise the Brighton Bears, which folded in 2006. However the application was turned down in favour of Worthing Thunder, a local rival team.