W. H. Britton

W. H. Britton
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1892-06-04)June 4, 1892 Des Moines, Iowa
Died	November 29, 1982(1982-11-29) (aged 90) Brooks, Georgia
Playing career
Football
1914–1915	Army
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1934	Tennessee (ends)
1935	Tennessee
1936–1942, 1946	Tennessee (ends)
Basketball
1926–1935	Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall	4–5 (football) 80–73 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William Hamilton Britton (June 4, 1892 – November 29, 1982)^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4] 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.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1935)
1935	Tennessee	4–5	2–3	T–9th
Tennessee:		4–5	2–3
Total:		4–5

References

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↑ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. p. 119. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

External links

W. H. Britton at the College Football Data Warehouse
W. H. Britton at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Tennessee Volunteers basketball head coaches

No coaches—captains only (1908–1910)
Andrew A. Stone (1910–1911)
Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1916)
John R. Bender (1916–1917)
R. H. Fitzgerald (1917–1919)
John R. Bender (1919–1921)
M. B. Banks (1921–1926)
W. H. Britton (1926–1935)
Blair Gullion (1935–1938)
John Mauer (1938–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
John Mauer (1944–1947)
Emmett Lowery (1947–1959)
John Sines (1959–1962)
Ray Mears (1962–1977)
Cliff Wettig # (1977–1978)
Don DeVoe (1978–1989)
Wade Houston (1989–1994)
Kevin O'Neill (1994–1997)
Jerry Green (1997–2001)
Buzz Peterson (2001–2005)
Bruce Pearl (2005–2011)
Cuonzo Martin (2011–2014)
Donnie Tyndall (2014–2015)
Rick Barnes (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches

J. A. Pierce (1899–1900)
Gilbert Kelly (1901)
Hubert Fisher (1902–1903)
S. D. Crawford (1904)
James DePree (1905–1906)
George Levene (1907–1909)
Andrew A. Stone (1910)
Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1915)
John R. Bender (1916–1920)
M. B. Banks (1921–1925)
Robert Neyland (1926–1934)
W. H. Britton (1935)
Robert Neyland (1936–1940)
John Barnhill (1941–1945)
Robert Neyland (1946–1952)
Harvey Robinson (1953–1954)
Bowden Wyatt (1955–1962)
Jim McDonald (1963)
Doug Dickey (1964–1969)
Bill Battle (1970–1976)
Johnny Majors (1977–1992)
Phillip Fulmer (1992–2008)
Lane Kiffin (2009)
Derek Dooley (2010–2012)
Jim Chaney # (2012)
Butch Jones (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

1938 Tennessee Volunteers football—national champions

William F. Barnes George Cafego Ed Cifers Ed Molinski Bob Suffridge Bowden Wyatt Head coach: Robert Neyland Assistant coaches: John Barnhill W. H. Britton

1940 Tennessee Volunteers football—national champions

Ed Cifers Ray Graves Bill Meek Ed Molinski Bob Suffridge Head coach: Robert Neyland Assistant coaches: John Barnhill W. H. Britton

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