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Ed Blankmeyer

Ed Blankmeyer

American professional baseball coach and player

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.

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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]

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References

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    "Edward Blankmeyer". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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    "2012 St. John's Red Storm Baseball Record Book" (PDF). St. John's Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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    "Beloved Coach Returns to St. John's University—Ready to Teach". St. John's University. May 13, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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    "2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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    "#13 Arizona at St. John's" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
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    "2013 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
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