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- ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (April 10, 2014). "IPFW promotes assistant Jon Coffman to head coach". NBCSports.com . Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Jones, Greg (April 10, 2014). "Accolades coming in for Mastodons". The Journal Gazette . Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
