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"Coaches of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers". cfldb. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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- ↑ The history of the Roughriders Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Out in Winnipeg: Bombers part ways with Tim Burke". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2013.