On the morning of the Peach Bowl, a small, twin-prop plane bound for Atlanta crashed in Lafayette killing five people on board. One of the five fatalities Saturday morning was New Orleans area sports reporter Carley McCord, the daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, sources confirmed with Geaux247. KATC TV3 was first to report the news.

McCord, a Baton Rouge native, was married to Steve Ensminger, Jr. in January 2018. The Northwestern State graduate worked for Cox Sports Television, ESPN3, WDSU New Orleans and more as a reporter while also serving as the in-game host for the New Orleans Pelicans and New Orleans Saints.

Ensminger, who has directed the nation's No. 1 offense with Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow at the helm, will coach in the Peach Bowl against Oklahoma on Saturday, sources told Geaux247. Head coach Ed Orgeron confirmed Ensminger will coach in the game on SEC Nation.

"We heard the news. I told coach Ensminger our thoughts and our prayers are out to him. There's not much we can say. Obviously, Steve and his wife and his family are very distraught. Steve's a Tiger, he's a man and he knows how to handle things."

"No question," Orgeron said when asked if Ensminger will coach.

According to KLFY in Lafayette, Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit confirmed the craft was an eight-passenger plane and there is one survivor from the crash in addition to the five fatalities. The report also included more information on the crash.

"Information from Flightaware.com showed flight N42CV, a twin-engine turbo prop Piper owned by Cheyenne Partners LLC, took off from Lafayette at 9:20 and was headed for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport near Atlanta, Georgia. According to the site, the flight seemed to reach a speed of around 192 mph and reached an altitude of 375 ft. before the crash. The impact of the crash blew out the windows at the Post Office.

"Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) should be on the scene by 9 p.m. tonight, and Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit said it will likely be Sunday (Dec. 29) before more information is released from their investigation."

Ensminger, a starting quarterback for the Tigers in the late 1970s, is in his ninth season coaching at LSU. His daughter-in-law was passionate about the Tigers long before McCord married Steve, Jr., matching his enthusiasm for LSU.

"I'm 61. I won't be like Coach Robinson," Ensminger said this week. "I won't coach until I'm 80, but do I look forward to the rest -- I look forward to finishing this season and we'll make that decision after. I still want to coach. I enjoy coaching. I think we have special athletes. I'm sitting next to three of them right here. So as long as I feel like I can contribute to LSU, I will be there.

"If I feel like -- it's kind of like, you know, Joe Brady coming in here and helping us. If I feel like, hey, somebody else can do it better, I'll walk away from it. That's the way it is."

The Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, sent his condolences out to the family and friends of those close to the crash.

"Heartbreaking news out of Lafayette today," Edwards wrote in a tweet. "Please join @FirstLadyOfLA and I in praying for the families and friends of everyone affected by this terrible tragedy."

This story will be updated.