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- ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
- ↑ "Pepperdine to Make Women's Basketball Coaching Change" . Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ↑ Weisenberg announced as Jets coach
- ↑ Coach's departure blow for Manawatu Jets
