Bergenfield (N.J.) High School football coach Rob Violante was killed in a two-car crash on the Taconic State Parkway in New Castle, N.Y. on the afternoon of May 14.
Four people were killed and a fifth is in critical condition. A southbound Sprinter van crossed the median and collided with a Honda sedan that was traveling north in the left lane, according to New York state police.
The New Jersey Football Coaches Association confirmed that Violante was one of the people killed in the crash.
Violante was hired at Bergenfield in 2011 and was about to enter his 15th season tied as the longest-tenured head coach in program history.