{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Wayman Britt | image = Wayman Britt.png | width =210 | caption =Britt from 1975 ''Michiganensian'' | position = Guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 185 | number = 12 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|08|31}} | birth_place = Wilson's Mills, North Carolina, U.S. | high_school = Flint Northern<br/>(Flint, Michigan) | college = Michigan (1972–1976) | draft_year = 1976 | draft_round = 4 | draft_pick = 60 | draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers | career_start = 1976 | career_end = 1977 | years1 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}} | team1 = Detroit Pistons | bbr = brittwa01 | letter = b }}
'''Wayman P. Britt''' (born August 31, 1954) is a retired American basketball player.
Born in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina, his family moved to Flint, Michigan, where he helped Flint Northern High School win two consecutive Class A state basketball championships in 1971 and 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Topic: University of Michigan--Basketball - Institutions - Michigan Memories Search Results |url=https://michmemories.org/exhibits/institutions/catalog?f%5Bsubject_topic_ssim%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Michigan--Basketball;+University+of+Michigan--Sports;+Basketball--Men--U-M&page=6&per_page=20 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=michmemories.org}}</ref> He played collegiately for the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in communication.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.accesskent.com/Departments/CountyAdministrator/administrator.htm|title=Administrator {{!}} Kent County, Michigan|website=www.accesskent.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref> The university's annual award for the "Outstanding Defensive Player" is named for Britt.
Britt was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth round (60th pick overall) of the 1976 NBA draft.
He played for the Detroit Pistons (1977–78) in the NBA for seven games.
Britt also was drafted in the 13th round (364th overall) of the 1976 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins.
Following his NBA career, Britt held various management positions at Steelcase and Michigan National Bank – Central, before joining the government of Kent County, Michigan, the fourth largest county in Michigan, as Deputy County Administrator.
In 2018, Britt was named Kent County Administrator, overseeing the daily activities of the county and serving as the county's Chief Administrative and Financial Officer.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accesskent.com/Departments/CountyAdministrator/|title=County Administrator {{!}} Kent County, Michigan|website=www.accesskent.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brittwa01.html|title=Wayman Britt NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=28 May 2025}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1977}} | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 7 || 2.3 || .300 || .750 || .6 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 1.3 {{S-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{basketballstats|bbr=b/brittwa01|name=Wayman Britt}}
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