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- ↑ "Silva introduced as Nicholls Baseball head coach". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "Thibodeaux resigns as Nicholls Baseball head coach". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.