Ed Blankmeyer
American professional baseball coach and player
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Edward A. Blankmeyer (born December 15, 1954)[1] is an American professional baseball coach and former second baseman. He was most recently the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York–Penn League.
Blankmeyer in 2013 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Seton Hall University |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1976 | Seton Hall |
| 1976 | Pulaski Phillies |
| Position | Second baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980–1995 | Seton Hall (Asst.) |
| 1996–2019 | St. John's |
| 2020–2021 | Brooklyn Cyclones |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 829–499–4 (college) |
| Tournaments | 13–18 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 6× Big East Regular season Championships (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018) 5× Big East Tournament championships (1997, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018) 11× NCAA Regional Appearances (1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018) 1 NCAA Super Regional Appearance (2012) | |
| Awards | |
| 4× ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) 8× Big East Coach of the Year (1996, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018) | |
Career
Blankmeyer played college baseball at Seton Hall University from 1973 to 1976. He served as an assistant coach at Seton Hall before serving as the head baseball coach at St. John's University from 1996 to 2019. Under Blankmeyer, St. John's won six Big East Conference Regular season Championships and five Big East Tournament championships. They appeared in ten NCAA Regionals and one NCAA Super Regional.[citation needed] Blankmeyer has received the Big East Conference's top coaching award eight times—six times as the head coach during the era in which the award was styled as "Coach of the Year" and presented solely to a head coach, and twice more under the award's current incarnation as the "Coaching Staff of the Year" award, presented to an entire staff. He has also received four ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year Awards.[2]
On January 6, 2020, Blankmeyer stepped down from St. John's and became the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. In 2022. he returned to the university as an adjunct associate professor.[3]
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Blankmeyer's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[2][4][5][6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (1996–2019) | |||||||||
| 1996 | St. John's | 26–18 | 14–10 | 3rd (American) | Big East tournament | ||||
| 1997 | St. John's | 35–17 | 16–7 | 2nd (American) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1998 | St. John's | 28–17–1 | 14–7 | 3rd | Big East tournament | ||||
| 1999 | St. John's | 32–22–2 | 13–10–1 | 5th | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2000 | St. John's | 29–22 | 8–15 | 8th | |||||
| 2001 | St. John's | 31–22 | 13–13 | 5th | |||||
| 2002 | St. John's | 29–23 | 14–12 | 6th | |||||
| 2003 | St. John's | 29–27 | 12–14 | 7th | |||||
| 2004 | St. John's | 37–23 | 17–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | St. John's | 41–18 | 19–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2006 | St. John's | 40–19 | 16–10 | 4th | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2007 | St. John's | 41–19 | 20–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | St. John's | 42–16 | 20–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | St. John's | 30–22 | 16–11 | 4th | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2010 | St. John's | 43–20 | 16–11 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | St. John's | 36–22 | 18–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2012 | St. John's | 40–21 | 18–9 | T–1st | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2013 | St. John's | 23–35 | 10–14 | T–6th | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2014 | St. John's | 35–20 | 13–5 | 2nd | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2015 | St. John's | 41–16 | 14–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2016 | St. John's | 28–26–1 | 9–9 | 4th | Big East tournament | ||||
| 2017 | St. John's | 42–13 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2018 | St. John's | 40–16 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2019 | St. John's | 31–23 | 9–9 | T–3rd | Big East tournament | ||||
| Total: | 829–499–4 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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