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- ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Jackie Carson - FurmanPaladins.com". www.furmanpaladins.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-10.
- ↑ "ACC Hires Jackie Carson as Senior Associate Commissioner for Women's Basketball" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
