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- ↑ "Alouettes part ways with GM Kavis Reed". CFL.ca. July 14, 2019.
- ↑ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2010-12-14.
- ↑ "Montreal Alouettes promote assistant coach Reed to general manager - Montreal | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2019-07-15.