Oklahoma St coaches die in plane crash

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Oklahoma State Cowboys coach Kurt Budke, assistant Miranda Serna illed in plane crash - ESPN

Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna have died in a plane crash along with two others, just 10 months after the school commemorated the 10th anniversary of a crash that killed 10 men associated with the men's program.

The plane went down Thursday night in Perry County, Ark., killing the pilot and another individual not affiliated with the university, the school said in a news release. There were no survivors.

Budke, 50, had opened his seventh season as the Cowgirls' coach on Sunday with a 96-60 win over Rice in Stillwater.

"The Oklahoma State family is devastated by this tragedy," OSU president Burns Hargis said Friday in the statement. "Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of Kurt Budke, Miranda Serna and the other victims.

Thoughts go out to the families. It's horrible when things like this happen and I feel it's even worse when it's close to the holidays (thanksgiving/christmas)

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R.I.P. to those involved.

And I agree, it's definitely hard to lose somebody around the holidays.