WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley University will name its football field after former longtime head coach Peter Yetten, Director of Athletics Vaughn Williams announced.

The official dedication will take place on September 20 when Bentley hosts Southern Connecticut State in its 2024 home opener. Kickoff under the Friday night lights is set for 7 pm.

"Coach Yetten is truly deserving of this honor," said Williams. "He spent three decades as our head coach and played a major role in the transition of Bentley football from a club program to Division III to one that has competed in the NCAA Division II championship playoffs. Falcon football would not be where it is today without Coach Yetten's leadership."

After three years as an assistant, Yetten was named the head coach in 1979 and held the position through the 2008 season. His record of 225-81-2 included 154-60-2 in 21 varsity seasons, a winning percentage of .718.

"I'm honored to have the field named after me," said Yetten, who noted that the City of Waltham has fields named after both his mother and father. "We had a lot of good players and assistant coaches, and we had a good run."

Yetten, a 2000 inductee into the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame, led the Falcons to the first two NCAA Division II playoff berths in program history, in 2003 and 2004. From 1993-95, his teams won 30 consecutive games, which at the time was the longest by a New England football team since Yale in the late 1800s. The Falcons also won 38 consecutive regular season contests from Sept. 25, 1992 to Nov. 4, 1995.

The Boston University product earned three Northeast-10 Coach of the Year awards in a span of four years from 2001-04. He also was the recipient of Coach of the Year awards from the New England Football Writers, the Gridiron Club of Boston, the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and the ECAC Intercollegiate Football Conference during a career that included seven 10-win seasons.

Yetten received the Contribution to Amateur Football Award from the Eastern Massachusetts chapter of the National Football Foundation in 2006 and the Murray Lewis Award from the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials in 2007.

Yetten, a Waltham native, is a longtime resident of Westford.