Carlie Irsay-Gordon is expected to assume control of the Indianapolis 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, Joel Erickson of the Indianapolis Star reports.

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.

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