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- ↑ "Arizona AD: Stoops is out as head coach". Arizona Daily Star. October 10, 2011.
- ↑ Finley, Ryan (October 21, 2011). "Arizona 48, UCLA 12: The Kish of life". Arizona Daily Star.
- ↑ "Arizona football: Cats land Casteel to run D, let go Kish". Arizona Daily Star. January 11, 2012.