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- ↑ "Dennis Winston named interim coach". ESPN.com. ESPN.com news services. October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ↑ "College-Football Notebook: Fobbs is fired as coach at A&T". Winston-Salem Journal . Winston-Salem, North Carolina. October 21, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ↑ Archdeacon, Tom (October 15, 2021). "George Ragsdale replaces Bobby Rome as Marauders football coach". Dayton Daily News . Dayton, Ohio . Retrieved December 22, 2021.
