J. P. Blandin

Jean-Paul Blandin is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head coach of the Delaware State Hornets.

J. P. Blandin

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Delaware State
Conference	Northeast
Record	503–588–6
Biographical details
Born	Middletown, Delaware
Playing career
1990–1993	Wilmington (DE)
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	Wilmington (DE) (GA)
1998	San Francisco (asst)
2000	Delaware State (asst)
2001–present	Delaware State
Head coaching record
Overall	503–588–6
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MEAC: 2022
Awards
2× MEAC Coach of the Year (2012, 2022)

Playing career

Blandin attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. While at St. Andrew's, Blandin was named an all-state pitcher in 1988.^[1] Blandin then enrolled at Wilmington University, to play college baseball for the Wilmington Wildcats baseball team.

Coaching career

Blandin became a graduate assistant at Wilmington in the fall of 1994. In 1998, Blandin served as the pitching coach at the University of San Francisco.^[2] Blandin then served as the pitching at Delaware State University in 2000.

Blandin was named the head coach at Delaware State in the fall of 2000. In 2012, Blandin was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Coach of the Year.^[3] On March 19, 2017, Blandin won his 400th game.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Delaware State Hornets (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2001–2022)
2001	Delaware State	37–10	17–1	1st (North)	MEAC Tournament
2002	Delaware State	40–19	16–1	1st (North)	MEAC Tournament
2003	Delaware State	27–25	9–0	1st (North)	MEAC Tournament
2004	Delaware State	27–23	11–6	2nd	MEAC Tournament
2005	Delaware State	19–27	10–7	3rd	MEAC Tournament
2006	Delaware State	18–36–2	7–11	5th	MEAC Tournament
2007	Delaware State	22–27–2	10–8	4th	MEAC Tournament
2008	Delaware State	16–33	11–7	4th	MEAC Tournament
2009	Delaware State	19–25–1	10–8	2nd	MEAC Tournament
2010	Delaware State	13–36	8–10	4th	MEAC Tournament
2011	Delaware State	26–29	11–7	2nd	MEAC Tournament
2012	Delaware State	40–17–1	22–2	1st (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2013	Delaware State	33–15	21–3	1st (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2014	Delaware State	30–17	17–7	1st (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2015	Delaware State	16–29	13–11	3rd (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2016	Delaware State	13–37	13–10	2nd (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2017	Delaware State	22–25	9–15	2nd (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2018	Delaware State	9–35	7–16	4th (Northern)
2019	Delaware State	20–25	12–12	3rd (Northern)	MEAC Tournament
2020	Delaware State	3–12	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Delaware State	15–28	15–27	2nd (North)	MEAC Tournament
2022	Delaware State	25–23	19–14	1st	MEAC Tournament
Delaware State:			268–183
Delaware State Hornets (Northeast Conference) (2023–present)
2023	Delaware State	13–35	8–22	10th
Delaware State:		503–588–6	8–22
Total:		503–588–6
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

1. Jon Buzby (April 21, 2011). "Bob Colburn still coaching high school baseball after 50 years". www.maxpreps.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
2. Chris Landry (July 26, 2007). "Coast to Coast". www.iberianet.com. The Daily Iberian. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
3. "Tre-Von Johnson Named to All-MEAC Second Team". UMESHawks.com. UMES Sports Information. 15 May 2012. from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
4. "DSU's J.P. Blandin Earns Hall of Fame Selection". www.dsuhornets.com. Delaware State University. April 19, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

External links

• Delaware State Hornets bio