At the boundary, II: the Indiana Football Hall of Fame — ten Mishawaka and Marian names

The coaches' association's hall, seated at Richmond; Region 2 inductions held at South Bend — names from the Hall's own pages, as of November 2026

The boundary: The Indiana Football Hall of Fame, kept by the state's football coaches' association since 1973, is seated at Richmond and printed here at the boundary; its Region 2 inductions are held at South Bend, at St. Hedwig's, a river away from the schools that produced these names. Ten inductions carry a Mishawaka or Marian tie; eight stand on the Hall's own inductee pages, and two on the Tribune's induction coverage, as marked.

The coaches: Bob Otolski, Marian's founding coach (1964–1972, 76–11–3), stands first — the University of Indianapolis's hall record gives his Indiana Football Hall of Fame induction as 2000, and the Hall's own page for him carries the Mishawaka honours of his prime: named one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1972, a Distinguished Hoosier, and given the Key to the City of Mishawaka in 1985. Mike Hecklinski, who followed at Marian from 1973 to 1978 and won three state championships in five seasons (49–6), holds a page in the Hall's own directory; the Hall's page gives his career whole but publishes no induction date in the record reached, and none is printed. Reggie Glon, Marian's head coach for twenty-four seasons (1994–2017) with 165 wins, the most in the school's history, and its athletic director from 1996 to 2016, likewise stands in the Hall's directory without a published induction date in the record reached. The Hall's page for Glon also records his "Contributions to Football" award from the Moose Krause Chapter of the National Football Foundation — an award, printed as an award.

The players: Kevin K. Canfield, Marian 1970 — the Hall's page dates his induction 24 June 2000, at South Bend, Region 2: a two-way All-State back and Marian's first Levicki Award winner. Kevin M. Motts, Marian 1976 — the Hall's page dates his induction 23 June 2006, at South Bend. John Mauro, Motts's Marian teammate, and John Coppens of Mishawaka High School were inducted with him that day, 23 June 2006 at St. Hedwig's Hall, on the Tribune's contemporary account of the St. Joseph Valley Chapter's class. Chuck Alexander, Mishawaka 1976, the Northern Indiana Conference's most valuable player of 1974 and 1975 — the Hall's page dates his induction 16 May 2014, at South Bend. Gene K. Nicolini Jr., Marian 1968 — the Hall's page dates his induction 18 May 2018: the first high school player in the record named first-team All-American on both offence and defence. Tom George, Marian's quarterback of the championship years who played at Western Michigan, was inducted on 12 June 2026 at St. Hedwig's Memorial Center, on the Tribune's account of the 2026 class — the newest name on this roll as the record closes.

At the line: One famous neighbouring name is deliberately not counted. Chris Geesman, Penn High School's coach, was inducted in 1996, and a Congressional Record tribute called him "from Mishawaka" — a mailing address. Penn High School stands in Penn Township, outside the city, and his induction is Penn's, boundary-printed here so the exclusion is visible rather than silent.

Sources:

1. Indiana Football Hall of Fame (ifca-hof.org), the Hall's own inductee pages — Canfield (inducted 24 June 2000), Motts (23 June 2006), Alexander (16 May 2014), Nicolini (18 May 2018), and the career pages of Otolski, Mike Hecklinski and Glon, read November 2026.
2. University of Indianapolis athletics, the UIndy Hall of Fame page for Bob Otolski — his Indiana Football Hall of Fame induction as 2000.
3. South Bend Tribune — the St. Joseph Valley Chapter class of 23 June 2006 (Mauro, Motts, Coppens and their classmates) and the class of 12 June 2026 (Tom George among six).