# J. P. Blandin

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

## 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. 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. 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. On March 19, 2017, Blandin won his 400th game. Blandin announced on March 29, 2024, that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season.

## 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: | Delaware State: | | 268–183 | | |
| Delaware State Hornets (Northeast Conference) (2023–2024) ||||||
| 2023 | Delaware State | 13–35 | 8–22 | 10th | |
| 2024 | Delaware State | 22–27 | 20–13 | 5th | NEC tournament |
| Delaware State: | Delaware State: | 525–615–6 | 28–35 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 525–615–6 | | | |
| 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 ||||||