22-05-2025
Jim Irsay's Daughters With Ex-Wife Meg Coyle Will Likely Share Colts' Ownership
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay had three daughters with his ex-wife Meg Coyle, and they are expected to share in ownership of the team.
That's according to The Indianapolis Star, which reported that his daughter Carlie Irsay-Gordon "is expected to assume control of the Colts' football operations."
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The three daughters "were formally given the titles of vice chair/owners in 2012," according to The Star. The team's website contains a photo of Irsay with his three daughters under ownership.
In recent years, Irsay also had a vegan activist girlfriend named Michelle Paul, according to The Indianapolis Star.
Irsay-Gordon previously took over the team's operations during struggles her father had with rehab and DUI arrests, The Star reported.
A lot is at stake as Irsay's net worth was $4.8 billion, according to Forbes. He inherited the Indianapolis Colts from his dad, Forbes reported.
According to a 2013 article in The Indianapolis Star, Irsay and his wife decided to file for divorce after 33 years of marriage that year.
Indianapolis Colts vice chair and co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon looks up at the big screen prior to an NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Indianapolis Colts on October 30, 2022 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN."After 33 years, we have mutually agreed to end our marriage," the Irsays said in a news release printed by IndyStar at the time. "Meg will continue to pursue her professional interests and her commitment to our children and grandchildren, while Jim will maintain 100 percent ownership of the Indianapolis Colts and his other business interests."
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That statement added, "Although the decision to end our marriage is a difficult one, it is the right decision for us and our family. We appreciate your respect for, and understanding of, our privacy."
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, and daughter Kalen Irsay-Jackson attend the 15th Annual HOPE Luncheon Seminar at The Plaza Hotel on November 10, 2021 in New York had three daughters together: Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt and Kalen Irsay (Jackson), described by IndyStar as "each a vice chair/owner of the team."
The team's website says Kalen Jackson "is entering her 12th season as vice chair/owner. She joined the team in 2010 as vice president and, along with sisters Carlie Irsay-Gordon and Casey Foyt, represents the next generation of Colts ownership."
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It adds: "Like her sisters, Jackson grew up with the Colts organization as a significant part of her life since birth. She is involved in various functions of the organization, including coordinating the Irsay family's community and philanthropic efforts. Jackson currently leads Kicking the Stigma, the family's initiative to raise awareness about mental health disorders and remove the stigma often associated with these illnesses."
Carlie Irsay-Gordon "is in her 12th season as vice chair/owner. She joined the Colts as vice president in 2008 and, along with sisters Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson, represents the next generation of ownership of the club," the Colts website says.
"Raised in and around the organization, Irsay-Gordon interned with the Colts football operations and marketing departments while pursuing her undergraduate degree in religious studies from Skidmore College. She is involved in all aspects of the organization, with an emphasis on football operations and the team's digital, social media, content and production operations."
As for Casey Foyt, the website says, "After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in sports marketing, Foyt worked for the NFL in London, England planning the first regular season NFL game played outside North America, as well as special events associated with the game."
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Over the years. Irsay's relationship history also included the vegan girlfriend named Michelle Paul.
In 2023, Peta wrote that "Michelle has been working on exciting projects with her partner, Jim Irsay, the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts football team. Earlier this year, animal activists celebrated his unprecedented announcement that he was leading the effort to move the orca Lolita, who had spent decades in captivity, to a seaside sanctuary."
According to The Indianapolis Star, Irsay and his girlfriend "met in June 2022, when she was living in L.A. She came into his life to help Irsay with holistic health."
However, the Colts' statement announcing Irsay's death only mentions his daughters.
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'Jim's dedication and passion for the Indianapolis Colts in addition to his generosity, commitment to the community, and most importantly his love for his family were unsurpassed," the Colts wrote in the statement posted to X. "Our deepest sympathies go to his daughters, Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt, Kalen Jackson, and his entire family as we grieve with them.'
On LinkedIn, Irsay's ex-wife, Meg Coyle, writes that she worked for One Body Incorporated.
"I certainly didn't pursue the spotlight, but it definitely found me—through marriage. For more than 30 years, I lived in a perfect world," her LinkedIn page says. "A perfect husband. A perfect family. A perfect future. Except none of that was true."
The post says, "I covered up the truth of my broken marriage. I lived under the cloud of my husband's drug addiction. I did what I could to protect my children. And in the process, I lost my Self."
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