The winningest coach in St. John’s University (N.Y.) baseball history, Ed Blankmeyer led the Red Storm to an 829-499-4 (.622) record over 24 seasons. The 2019 season marked Blankmeyer’s final season at the helm of the Red Storm as he was named manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York Penn League in 2020.
Under Blankmeyer, the Red Storm captured six Big East regular season titles to go along with five conference tournament crowns. He led his teams to the NCAA Tournament 11 times, including the program’s only NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2012.
Blankmeyer earned Big East Coach of the Year honors a conference-record eight times and was named the ABCA/Diamond Sports Northeast Region Coach of the Year four times. Blankmeyer, who guided St. John’s to eight 40-win seasons, had over 100 All-Big East selections.
Blankmeyer has had three coaching stints with USA Baseball, including head coach of the Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2016. That squad claimed series wins against both Chinese Taipei and Cuba and tossed the first-ever no-hitter against the Cuban National Team in international play. Later in 2016, Blankmeyer was part of a Premier12 coaching staff led by manager Willie Randolph, which won a silver medal at the inaugural WBSC Premier12, a global championship made up of the top 12 countries in the WBSC Baseball World Rankings. Blankmeyer spent the summer of 2010 as an assistant coach of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that went 16-3 and won the silver medal at the V FISU World University Baseball Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Blankmeyer has coached more than 80 players who have gone on to play professional baseball, including Major Leaguers Craig Biggio (MLB Hall of Fame), Mo Vaughn (1995 American League MVP), Matt Morris, John Valentin, Rob Delaney, Craig Hansen and Joe Panik.
The longtime ABCA member served as President of the ABCA in 2015 and currently serves on the ABCA’s Board of Directors. He also served as chair of the ABCA’s NCAA Div. I Legislative Proposals committee and is a member of the Editorial Committee. He has also served on the NCAA Baseball Selection Committee and as President of the Big East Baseball Coaches Committee.
An outstanding second baseman in his own right, Blankmeyer played four seasons at Seton Hall, where he co-captained the 1976 Pirate team that went on to play in the NCAA Northeast Regional and was the starting second baseman for both the 1974 and 1975 Seton Hall squads that played in the College World Series. Blankmeyer earned Academic All-America honors during his tour at Seton Hall and graduated in 1976. Following his graduation, he was a 21st-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles and spent one season in the Orioles system.
Blankmeyer is also a member of both the Seton Hall and North Shore High School Halls of Fame.
