The managers complete: every head coach in order, with the breaks named

1902–2026 — the succession as the record gives it, gaps in place

The line: (1) Named gap, 1902–1922 — the program's first two decades have no head coach in the record reached; the school record books are the settling source. (2) Coach Kaiser, 1923 — one season on the yearbook's testimony, first name not given in the record reached; the Indiana Football Hall of Fame's Steele dates (head coach from 1924) stand beside the yearbook without displacing it. (3) Frank M. Steele, 1924–1932 — 48-23-8; mythical champions 1925 and 1926; NIC East Division champions 1930; afterwards athletic director 1934–1952 and the stadium's namesake from 1980. (4) Russell H. Arndt, 1933–1946 — 80-35-8 on the Hall's career line; the 1935 team named state champions; a 1920-team player who had assisted Steele before succeeding him, and who retired from coaching in 1946. (5) Named gap, 1947–1958 — twelve seasons with no holder in the record reached, one inferred conference title (about 1952) among them; settling source: the school record books and the full Miskodeed run. (6) Coach Heck, 1959– — first season 1959, head coach of record in the 1962 season (Eastern Division co-champions); first name and final season both outside the record reached — the gap for his closing years, between the 1963 yearbook and Doba's arrival, stands at this exact place. (7) Bill Doba, 1971–1976 — 46-15-1; conference titles 1972, 1974, 1975; the 1974 Class 3A final. (8) Jim Miller, 1977–1992 — promoted from the staff in 1977; the closing year is fixed by his successor's documented start. (9) Jim Aldrich, 1993–2007 — fifteen seasons, the log's rows at era size above. (10) Bart Curtis, 2008–2017 — 90-35 by the log's season rows; the 2012 Class 4A final. (11) Keith Kinder, 2018–present — ninth season in 2026, 76–24 after its second week on the Tribune's count, still in post at November 2026.

What "complete" means here: Nine holders named across 104 documented seasons, two breaks named rather than filled.Miskodeed volumes sampled bracket it (1943 and 1963) without covering it. Both gaps carry the same settling source, named in the audit before this section was written: the Mishawaka High School record books. This article will be wrong in exactly two places, and it has told you where they are.

Sources:

1. Miskodeed 1924 and 1963 (Internet Archive full texts) — Kaiser, 1923; Heck's first year and 1962 season.
2. Indiana Football Hall of Fame records for Frank M. Steele and Russell H. Arndt (ifca-hof.org) — the 1924–1932 and 1933–1946 tenures and records.
3. Washington State University official profile of Bill Doba; South Bend Tribune obituary, 1 September 2026.
4. South Bend Tribune, 2004 Miller retrospective, and 27 January 2026 (Aldrich 1993–2007).
5. John Harrell's coaching-record pages for Jim Aldrich and Bart Curtis and the Mishawaka season log (indianahsfootball.homestead.com).
6. South Bend Tribune, 28 August 2026 — the Kinder count.