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Illinois State assistant coach killed in plane crash after NCAA title game

Torrey Ward, an assistant coach at Illinois State, was one of five people who died in a plane crash after attending the NCAA Tournament title game in Indianapolis on Monday night. Ward tweeted this Monday night. (Torrey Ward/Twitter)
Torrey Ward, an assistant coach at Illinois State, was one of five people who died in a plane crash after attending the NCAA Tournament title game in Indianapolis on Monday night. (Courtesy/Illinois State Athletics)
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Torrey Ward, an assistant coach at Illinois State, was one of five people who died in a plane crash after attending the NCAA Tournament title game in Indianapolis on Monday night.

According to multiple reports, the plane crashed near the Bloomington airport and there were no survivors. The plane was supposed to land around midnight but might have encountered dense fog.

Before serving as an assistant at Illinois State, Ward was an assistant at Jacksonville State and Ole Miss. He played at UAB and guided the Blazers to the NCAA Tournament in 1999.

In 2001, he was the runner-up for Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year.

His last tweet on Monday night was a photo of the plane that took him to Indianapolis.

The crash is under investigation.

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