EAST BERNARD, Texas (KLTV) - Former Harmony ISD head football coach Jeremy Jenkins and his wife Brandy were killed in a car crash Saturday night.

The pair's deaths were confirmed in a statement by Courtney Hudgins, the superintendent of East Bernard ISD, where Jenkins worked as head football coach and athletic director.

Brandy Jenkins had been recently hired by the district as a junior high teacher and had been teaching for three days when the school year began, Hudgins said.