Ed Blankmeyer
{{short description|American professional baseball coach and player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ed Blankmeyer
| image = Ed Blankmeyer 2013.jpg
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| caption = Blankmeyer in 2013
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|15}}
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| alma_mater = Seton Hall University
| player_years1 = 1973–1976
| player_team1 = Seton Hall
| player_years2 = 1976
| player_team2 = Pulaski Phillies
| player_positions = Second baseman
| coach_years1 = 1980–1995
| coach_team1 = Seton Hall (Asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1996–2019
| coach_team2 = St. John's
| coach_years3 = 2020–2021
| coach_team3 = Brooklyn Cyclones
| overall_record = 829–499–4 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 13–18
| 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)
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Edward A. Blankmeyer (born December 15, 1954){{cite web|title=Edward Blankmeyer |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=blankm001edw |work=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=June 9, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001950/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=blankm001edw |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} 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.
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|date=February 2020}} 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.
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.{{cite web |title=Beloved Coach Returns to St. John’s University—Ready to Teach |url=https://www.stjohns.edu/news-media/news/2022-05-13/beloved-coach-returns-st-johns-university-ready-teach |website=St. John's University |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=May 13, 2022}}
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Blankmeyer's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.{{cite web |title=2012 St. John's Red Storm Baseball Record Book |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012recordbook.pdf |publisher=St. John's Sports Information |accessdate=June 9, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821224425/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012recordbook.pdf |archivedate=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite web |title=2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide |url=http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx |work=BigEast.org |accessdate=June 9, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528193211/http://bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx |archivedate=May 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite web |title=#13 Arizona at St. John's |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ariz/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/box_score/stats_20120609aaa.pdf |accessdate=June 10, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083010/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ariz/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/box_score/stats_20120609aaa.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite web |title=2013 Big East Conference Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_bigeast.htm |work=D1Baseball.com |publisher=Jeremy Mills |accessdate=May 27, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519224055/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_bigeast.htm |archivedate=May 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}
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|name=St. John's Red Storm
|startyear=1996
|conference=Big East Conference
|endyear=2019
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996
| name = St. John's
| overall = 26–18
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = 3rd (American)
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1997
| name = St. John's
| overall = 35–17
| conference = 16–7
| confstanding = 2nd (American)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = St. John's
| overall = 28–17–1
| conference = 14–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = St. John's
| overall = 32–22–2
| conference = 13–10–1
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = St. John's
| overall = 29–22
| conference = 8–15
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = St. John's
| overall = 31–22
| conference = 13–13
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = St. John's
| overall = 29–23
| conference = 14–12
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = St. John's
| overall = 29–27
| conference = 12–14
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = St. John's
| overall = 37–23
| conference = 17–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2005
| name = St. John's
| overall = 41–18
| conference = 19–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = St. John's
| overall = 40–19
| conference = 16–10
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2007
| name = St. John's
| overall = 41–19
| conference = 20–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2008
| name = St. John's
| overall = 42–16
| conference = 20–7
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = St. John's
| overall = 30–22
| conference = 16–11
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2010
| name = St. John's
| overall = 43–20
| conference = 16–11
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = St. John's
| overall = 36–22
| conference = 18–8
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2012
| name = St. John's
| overall = 40–21
| conference = 18–9
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Super Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = St. John's
| overall = 23–35
| conference = 10–14
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = St. John's
| overall = 35–20
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Big East tournament
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2015
| name = St. John's
| overall = 41–16
| conference = 14–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = St. John's
| overall = 28–26–1
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Big East tournament
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = St. John's
| overall = 42–13
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2018
| name = St. John's
| overall = 40–16
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = St. John's
| overall = 31–23
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = Big East tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=829–499–4
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References
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External links
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{{St. John's Red Storm baseball coach navbox}}
{{Big East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
{{United States roster 2015 WBSC Premier12}}
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