Introduction
Ed Blankmeyer (born December 15, 1954) is an American college baseball coach, the head coach of St. John's since the start of the 1996 season. Before St. John's, Blankmeyer served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Seton Hall. His head coaching record is 647–405–3, as of the end of the 2014 season. Under Blankmeyer, St. John's has won three Big East Regular Season Championships and three Big East Tournament Championships. They have appeared in eight NCAA Regionals and one NCAA Super Regional.
Blankmeyer has won five Big East Coach of the Year Awards and four ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year Awards.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Blankmeyer's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (1996–present) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Total: | 716–447–4 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||