Wayne Brittain
Wayne Brittain is a former coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Career
Playing career
In his playing career, Brittain played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland [State League (Australian rules football)|Queensland State League]. He eventually suffered a back injury which ended his career.Coaching career
Brisbane Bears
Brittain then took up coaching in 1994 and became an assistant coach of Brisbane Bears under senior coach Robert Walls. The following two seasons with the Bears saw little success, but provided a steep learning curve.Carlton Football Club
In 1996, Brittain then became the assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club under senior coach David Parkin. 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. By 2000, Parkin had so much confidence in his assistant Brittain, that he handed over the tactical responsibility during matches on a regular basis. It was a method deemed unusual, however, when the Blues were powered by an incredible season by Anthony Koutoufides and won 13 games in a row, and made the Preliminary Finals, it was safe to say that it worked. Brittain was credited with much of the club's success in the 2000 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 the 2001 season reaching the finals, but were eliminated by Richmond in the semi-finals. However in the 2002 season, Carlton under Brittain crashed, when the club's on-field performance deteriorated mainly due to Carlton Football Club [salary cap breach|the 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/AFL wooden spoon. Brittain was then sacked as Carlton Football Club senior coach, at the end of the 2002 season and was replaced by Denis Pagan as Carlton Football Club senior coach.