He lifted the program from a club to the Division 2 playoffs, and now the football field at Bentley will be named after longtime coach Peter Yetten, who spent 30 years coaching the Falcons from 1979-2008, finishing with a 225-81-2 record (154-60-2 in 21 varsity seasons).
“Coach Yetten is truly deserving of this honor,” Bentley athletic director Vaughn Williams said in a statement. “Falcon football would not be where it is today without Coach Yetten’s leadership.”
Yetten grew up in Waltham — where city fields have been named for his parents, Raymond “Sonny” and Barbara — and played three sports at Waltham High (“Sonny” was his baseball coach) before joining the Boston University hockey team, helping the program to its first national championship in 1971. He later returned to Waltham High as a hockey coach and teacher.
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“I’m honored to have the field named after me,” Peter Yetten said in a statement. “We had a lot of good players and assistant coaches, and we had a good run.”
Yetten, who lives in Westford, led the Falcons to 30 consecutive wins from 1993-95 and was named Northeast-10 Coach of the Year three times between 2001 and 2004. He received Coach of the Year awards from no less than four organizations and was inducted into the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. In both 2003 and 2004, the Falcons reached the Division 2 playoffs, reaching the Round of 16 in their first trip.
The Bentley football field, with seating for 4,800, will be renamed on Sept. 20 when the Falcons host Southern Connecticut State at 7 p.m. in their home opener.