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| Wayne Brittain | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Wayne Brittain | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-06-13)13 June 1958 (age 66) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2001–2002 | Carlton | 46 (18–28–0) | |
| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Wayne Brittain (born 13 June 1958) is a former coach of theCarlton Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
In his playing career, Brittain played forZillmere Eagles in theQueensland State League. He eventually suffered a back injury which ended his career.
Brittain then took up coaching in 1994 and became an assistant coach ofBrisbane Bears under senior coachRobert Walls.[1] The following two seasons with the Bears saw little success, but provided a steep learning curve.[2]
In 1996, Brittain then became the assistant coach at theCarlton Football Club under senior coachDavid Parkin.[3] Brittain's time as assistant coach at Carlton lasted for five years, during which he earned respect as an excellent communicator and game-day tactician.[4] By 2000, Parkin had so much confidence in his assistant Brittain, that he handed over the tactical responsibility during matches on a regular basis.[5] It was a method deemed unusual, however, when the Blues were powered by an incredible season byAnthony Koutoufides and won 13 games in a row, and made the Preliminary Finals, it was safe to say that it worked.[6] Brittain was credited with much of the club's success in the2000 home and away season.
After Parkin's retirement as Carlton Football Club senior coach at the end of the 2000 season, Parkin then handed the coaching reins to Brittain. Brittain then became the senior coach of Carlton Football Club, serving in the role from 2001 until 2002. With Carlton under Brittain, he guided the club to fifth place in the2001 season reaching the finals, but were eliminated byRichmond in the semi-finals. However in the2002 season, Carlton under Brittain crashed, when the club's on-field performance deteriorated mainly due tothe club's salary cap breaches to finish in last place on the ladder, which was the sixteenth position with three wins and nineteen losses. This was the first time Carlton had ever received the VFL/AFLwooden spoon.[7] Brittain was then sacked as Carlton Football Club senior coach, at the end of the 2002 season and was replaced byDenis Pagan as Carlton Football Club senior coach.[8][9][10]
Brittain went on to be an assistant coach atRichmond Football Club under senior coachDanny Frawley,[11] for the2003 season and2004 season, before leaving at the end of the 2004 season after Frawley resigned.[12]
He returned to Queensland to coach his old club, theZillmere Eagles in 2005, but was sacked by the club after eighteen months, after being fined for abusing the umpires after a Zillmere loss.[13][14]
On 15 September 2008, Brittain became an assistant coach ofBrisbane Lions under senior coachMichael Voss for the2009 season.[15][16][17] However after one season, Brittain left the Brisbane Lions, when he departed from his role as assistant coach.[18]
Wayne is the brother of formerNorth Melbourne playerCraig Brittain.[citation needed]
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