Dartmouth College naming center in memory of football coach Teevens Boston 25 News [Video]

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College announced a new center named for its winningest football coach Tuesday on what would have been his 68th birthday.

Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September 2023 of injuries he had sustained in a bicycle accident six months earlier.

“Buddy had a passion for helping student-athletes discover their best selves and perform at the highest levels possible, on and off the field,” Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock said in statement. “We will carry his life-long commitment forward through the new Teevens Center by sparking collaboration, research, and innovation for the benefit of young people nationally.”

The center will focus on research with cognitive science, quantitative social sciences, engineering, and biomechanics, among the possible areas of emphasis, the college said in a news release.

It’s one of several initiatives in memory of Teevens since a community celebrationhonored him in May and announced that the stadium will be named the …