Parfait Bitee

{{short description|Cameroonian basketball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Parfait Bitee | image = | caption = | position = Assistant coach | height = {{convert|189|cm|ft|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | team = Towson Tigers | league = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|7|23}} | birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon | highschool = Western (Louisville, Kentucky) | college = Rhode Island (2004–2008) | draft = | draft_year = | draft_team = | 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 | awards = | pb = | 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) }} '''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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>

Bitee is also an assistant coach for the Cameroon national team since 2018.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal == Bitee and his wife, Jillian, have three children, Zayden, Klay, and Zaria.<ref name=":0" /> 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bitee, Parfait}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people 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:Leuven Bears players Category:AS Salé (basketball) players Category:Point guards 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 Category:Towson Tigers men's basketball coaches Category:Cameroonian basketball coaches Category:Basketball players from Louisville, Kentucky

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