W. H. Britton | |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1892 |
Birth Place: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Brooks, Georgia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Army (1916) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1914–1915 |
Player Team2: | Army |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1916 |
Coach Years3: | 1926–1934 |
Coach Team3: | Tennessee (ends) |
Coach Years4: | 1935 |
Coach Team4: | Tennessee |
Coach Years5: | 1936–1942, 1946 |
Coach Team5: | Tennessee (ends) |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1926–1935 |
Coach Team7: | Tennessee |
Overall Record: | 7–7–1 (football) 80–73 (basketball) |
William Hamilton Britton (June 4, 1892 – November 29, 1982)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1935, coaching in the absence of Robert Neyland, who left for active duty in the United States Army.[2] Britton's career football record was 4–5. Britton was also the head basketball coach at Tennessee from 1926 to 1935, tallying a mark of 80–73.
After his playing career at the United States Military Academy ended, he was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii,[3] where he served for a season as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii.[4]