Parfait Bitee
{{short description|Cameroonian basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Parfait Bitee
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| position = Assistant coach
| height = {{convert|189|cm|ft|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| team = Towson Tigers
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|7|23}}
| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon
| highschool = Western (Louisville, Kentucky)
| college = Rhode Island (2004–2008)
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| career_start = 2008
| career_end = 2016
| years1 = 2008–2010
| team1 = Leuven Bears
| years2 = 2010
| team2 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = AS Salé
| years4 = 2012–2013
| team4 = Petro de Luanda
| years5 = 2013–2014
| team5 = Al-Ahli Benghazi
| years6 = 2014–2016
| team6 = Providence Sky Chiefs
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CMR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|Luanda 2007|}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ANG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|Malabo 2012|Petro Atlético}}
| career_position = Point guard
| coach_start = 2021
| cyears1 = 2021–present
| cteam1 = Towson (assistant)
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Parfait Bitee (born 23 July 1985) is a Cameroonian former basketball player and current coach.
Bitee played college basketball with the University of Rhode Island. In 2006–07, Bitee became the starting point guard and primary ball-handler for the squad. Bitee also played on the Cameroonian men's national basketball team that won the silver medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007.
He had an 8-season long professional career in which he played in Belgium, France, Morocco, Angola, Libya and the United States.
Coaching career
After his professional career, Bitee became the director of student-athlete development of Towson University. In 2021, he joined the coaching staff of the Towson Tigers men's basketball team.{{Cite web |title=Parfait Bitee - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory |url=https://towsontigers.com/staff-directory/parfait-bitee/181 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Towson University Athletics |language=en}}
Bitee is also an assistant coach for the Cameroon national team since 2018.
Personal
Bitee and his wife, Jillian, have three children, Zayden, Klay, and Zaria. Bitee is a nephew of Petro Atlético head coach Lazare Adingono.
External links
- [http://gorhody.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bitee_parfait00.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417120952/http://gorhody.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bitee_parfait00.html |date=17 April 2008 }} cstv.com
- [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/22542 Statistics at Rhode Island] espn.com
- [https://archive.today/20130103055736/http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=19078 Chat with Rhode Island G Parfait Bitee] espn.com
{{Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 2012 Africa Clubs Champions Cup}}
{{Cameroon squad FIBA Africa Championship 2007}}
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Category:Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players
Category:Cameroonian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Cameroonian men's basketball players
Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Category:JL Bourg Basket players
Category:AS Salé (basketball) players
Category:Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Yaoundé
Category:Western High School (Louisville, Kentucky) alumni
Category:Al Ahly Benghazi basketball players
References
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