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May 15, 2009 - By Lynn Vuong
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Bartee will be honored at the Seventh Annual Riverside Sports Hall of Fame and Induction Ceremony and Dinner on Monday, May 18th at the Riverside Convention Center.
Bartee is a lifelong resident of Riverside and a graduate of North High School. He played under his mentor and North’s first coach, Gene Hughes. Bartee was a member of North’s first team to ever qualify for the CIF playoffs during his senior year in 1967. Bartee was also North’s first athlete to be named to the All-Ivy League first team in a sport.
Bartee recently announced his retirement from coaching at a ceremony held in North’s gym on February 4, 2009. A number of people attended the ceremony including many whom Bartee has mentored and coached.
All of the sports teams and faculty were also invited. Bartee has been coaching since 1982 and was only the second boys varsity basketball coach since Gene Hughes.
Bartee has led his teams to two CIF Championships since the school’s opening in 1965, the CIF Division 3A title in 1984 and the CIF Division 2AA title in 1993.
Bartee collected 15 Ivy League titles, advanced to the CIF playoffs in 25 out of 26 years, earned seven trips to the CIF championships and won nine Riverside County Raincross Championships.
He was named Ivy league Coach of the Year 13 times, Riverside County Coach of the Year five times, and Inland Empire Coach of the Year in 1992-93. In additon to all his achievements, Bartee’s final team starred Malcolm Lee who is now UCLA’s freshman guard. He was also part of the 2008 McDonald’s and Parade All-American team. Lee is the first boys basketball player in the Riverside County to earn these honors.
In more recent news a new scholarship foundation is being established in Bartee’s name. This scholarship is for North’s graduating seniors who would like to pursue and college education.
Bartee coached for 26 years at North with a varsity record of 554- 219. He not only had an outstanding winning record for the boys basketball team but his basketball program has influenced many young athletes who have gone on to play college basketball as well as professional.
In 2005, Bartee was honored as an “Unsung Hero†by Riverside’s African American Historical Society. He has contributed to the lives of many young people of Riverside’s eastside community.
For more than 30 years, Bartee has changed and influenced the lives of young people in Riverside through his disciplined and structured basketball program.
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