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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Colts ownership passes to all 3 of Jim Irsay's daughters, with Carlie Irsay-Gordon taking over as CEO
The Indianapolis Colts announced their new organizational structure Monday following the death of former owner Jim Irsay. All three of Irsay's daughters — Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson — will serve as owners with the franchise. While Irsay-Gordon, Foyt and Jackson will have ownership status with the club, Irsay-Gordon will assume the role of CEO. She will serve as the team's "principal owner," per a team statement. The team added these new roles were "longstanding plans set forth by Jim Irsay." Advertisement Jim Irsay died in May. He was 65. The Colts have been owned by the Irsay family since 1972. Jim's father, Robert, initially purchased the Baltimore Colts that year. After 12 years in Baltimore, Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis. Jim assumed team ownership after Robert died in 1997. Under Jim Irsay's ownership, the Colts reached the postseason in 16 of 28 seasons. The club made it to the Super Bowl twice, winning one championship. Much of the success during Irsay's tenure can be attributed to quarterback Peyton Manning, who was taken No. 1 overall by the team in the 1998 NFL Draft. Manning spent 13 years with the Colts, leading the team to the playoffs 11 times. Following Manning's departure, the Colts drafted Andrew Luck with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Luck led the team to the playoffs in four out of six seasons before his shocking retirement in 2019. Advertisement Since Luck's retirement, the franchise has been desperate to find its quarterback of the future. While Philip Rivers did lead the Colts to a playoff appearance in 2020, the team hasn't found its way to the postseason since. Indianapolis selected Anthony Richardson with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, but the quarterback hasn't progressed as expected and is already dealing with shoulder issues this offseason. Irsay-Gordon could be tasked with finding the Colts' quarterback of the future if Richardson struggles again in 2025. Irsay-Gordon, Foyt and Jackson have all held roles with the team since the 2012 season. With Monday's changes, Foyt will serve as the owner and executive vice president with the club. Jackson will be the owner and chief brand officer and serve as the president of the Indianapolis Colts foundation.
NBC Sports
23-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Carlie Irsay-Gordon is expected to assume control of the Colts
The passing of long-time Colts owner Jim Irsay means that the team will have a new controlling owner. Via multiple reports, the new person in charge of the team is expected to be Carlie Irsay-Gordon. At 44, she's the oldest of Irsay's three daughters. All three are listed as owners of the team, and it is expected that all three will remain owners of the team. Irsay-Gordon's sister Casey Foyt, 42, and Kalen Jackson, 37. League rules require every controlling owner to submit on an annual basis the name of the person who will assume control of the team in the event of the primary owner's death or incapacitation. The league cracked down after Titans founder Bud Adams died without giving any one of the three branches of his family control of the team; teams that don't have the appropriate i's dotted and t's crossed face fines of up to $10 million per year. Irsay-Gordon assumed control of the team during the 2014 six-game suspension resulting from Irsay's DWI arrest.
Indianapolis Star
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Meet Carlie Irsay-Gordon, who is expected to take over the Colts from her father, Jim Irsay
INDIANAPOLIS — Carlie Irsay-Gordon is expected to assume control of the Colts' football operations in the wake of the death of her father, Jim Irsay, Wednesday at the age of 65, stepping fully into a role she's spent a long time preparing to handle. Irsay-Gordon, 44, is expected to share ownership of the team with her sisters, Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson, who have long held their own roles within the organization and were formally given the titles of vice chair/owners in 2012. But it is Irsay-Gordon who will primarily take charge of the football side of the franchise after years spent preparing to take over for her father whenever the time came. The time first came temporarily in 2014. Irsay-Gordon took over for her father twice following his arrest for driving while intoxicated, first during his treatment in rehabilitation centers, then during her father's six-game suspension. She has been closely involved with the franchise's football side for two decades. Irsay-Gordon began her career in the team's football and marketing departments, then started attending the NFL's owner's meetings with her father in the early 2000s. Irsay-Gordon has long worked closely with general managers Ryan Grigson and Chris Ballard, along with other members of the front office — in a video with former Indianapolis backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, Irsay-Gordon credited former Colts pro scouting coordinator Andrew Berry with helping her learn the game — and she's worked closely with the coaching staff as well, carefully taking notes at practices and wearing a headset on the sidelines on game days to hear the coaching staff's play calls. Ballard has praised his working relationship with Irsay-Gordon in the past, most notably expressing his appreciation for her input at the NFL Scouting Combine's 'Women in Football Forum' in 2019. 'She will ask 500 questions about why, and a lot of times, it'll halfway piss me off, but I'll go and I'll think, and I'm thinking, 'Freak, she's right,'' Ballard said. 'She asks the question from a different perspective and makes you think about why you do what you're doing.' Carlie Irsay-Gordon: The woman expected to be running the Colts From a football standpoint, Irsay-Gordon was reportedly involved heavily in the in-depth coaching search that led to the team hiring Shane Steichen in 2023, and she has also worked with the team's communication departments and ticket offices. By taking control of the team, Irsay-Gordon and her sisters become part of a growing number of women in charge of NFL franchises. Detroit's Sheila Ford-Hamp, Tennessee's Amy Adams-Strunk, Seattle's Jody Allen and New Orleans' Gayle Benson are all the lead voices in their organizations. Chicago's Virginia Halas McCaskey was primary owner of the Bears until she died Feb. 5 at age 102. Houston's Janice McNair is also the primary owners of the Texans, respectively, although she is 88, and both women have sons who are heavily involved in the team's day-to-day activities. A handful of other women — Buffalo's Kim Pegula, Cleveland's Dee Haslam and Las Vegas's Carol Davis — are listed as owners along with their husbands. Irsay-Gordon and her sisters will also become the youngest owners in the NFL by more than a decade. Outside of the 55-year-old Pegula, who shares the team with her 74-year-old husband, Terry, the youngest primary owners in the league is Kansas City's Clark Hunt, who is 60. In that way, Irsay-Gordon, Jackson and Foyt are a lot like their father, who took over the Colts at the age of 37, making him the youngest owner in the NFL at the time.
