Nodaway Valley has hired a new softball and football coach. Activities director Michael Dale announced the hiring of Abbey Queck as head softball coach and Duane Matthess as head football coach.

Queck has worked as an assistant at Lenox and with the elite club team Iowa Premier. Queck is a native of Orient and graduate of Earlham. She played college ball at South Dakota State. She takes over for Carol Baudler.

Matthess comes to Nodaway Valley from Clarke where he spent the past three seasons as head coach. He played college football at Iowa Central Community College and also played in the Indoor Football League. Matthess takes over the job from Flynn Heald who moved on to take an assistant job at Des Moines Lincoln.