Nathan Hopp will have two different jobs with schools in the Mississippi Valley Conference during the 2012-13 school year.

He'll be the boys cross country coach at Xavier High School this fall, then he'll change colors and become the girls track coach at Linn-Mar High School.

Linn-Mar announced Hopp's new appointment Thursday.

Hopp, 29, graduated in 2002 from Clear Creek Amana High School, where he ran track and cross country. He also ran at Mount Mercy University and was a two-time NAIA national qualifier in the marathon.

Hopp has been an assistant track coach at Xavier the last three years and also was a coach with the Cedar Rapids Track Club. He works at Running Wild.