Athletic Director Kevin Gerke introduced Clint Rider as the new BVNW football coach in the PAC on Tuesday, April 4.

Coming out of a pool of 44 applicants, Gerke hired Rider who was previously the head football coach at Hesston High in Hesston Kan from 2013-2016. Gerke said the job attracted interest from a much larger distance than just the Kansas City metro area. He said there were many of out-of-state applicants from Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma and even as far as Arizona.

Rider said the head coaching job at BVNW was attractive to him because of the reputation he heard of the school from people he contacted at surrounding schools, as well as the academic and athletic tradition already established. Despite this, Rider said it will still be very hard for his family to leave the community in Hesston.

“It wasn’t an easy decision,” Rider said. “It was one that we were very excited about, but it’s a place that we care for. Hesston High School has been very good to [my family] and the town itself has been very good so the prospect of coming here was very exciting. It’s been a long process but we are really excited for the opportunity to be able to come and be a part of the Northwest community and we are really excited to be Huskies.”

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