| J. P. Blandin | |
| Birth Place: | Middletown, Delaware |
| Player Years1: | 1990–1993 |
| Player Team1: | Wilmington (DE) |
| Player Positions: | Pitcher |
| Coach Years1: | 1994 |
| Coach Team1: | Wilmington (DE) (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1998 |
| Coach Team2: | San Francisco (asst) |
| Coach Years3: | 2000 |
| Coach Team3: | Delaware State (asst) |
| Coach Years4: | 2001–2024 |
| Coach Team4: | Delaware State |
| Overall Record: | 525–615–6 |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA: 0–0 |
| Championships: | MEAC: 2022 |
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Jean-Paul Blandin is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the former head coach of the Delaware State Hornets.
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.
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] Blandin announced on March 29, 2024, that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season.[5]