Britain Paterson (1888–1936), sometimes spelled Brit Patterson and Britton Patterson, was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. Patterson served as the head football coach at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University—in 1916, Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania in 1924, and Manhattan College in 1927.