Lynn University

Blankenship was the head women's soccer coach for LynnUniversity from 1986 to 1998. While at Lynn, he was named NAIACoach of the Year five times (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994 & 1995)and NSCAA Coach of the Year twice (1992 and 1994). The FightingKnights earned post-season berths in nine of his 12 seasonspatrolling the sidelines, winning the National Championship threetimes (1992, 1994 & 1995) and finishing runners-up twice (1991and1993). Blankenship holds the program's all-time record for wins,198-37-8 (.832), and is third among Lynn University's coachesall-time in victories. After LU, Blankenship held the position ofhead women's soccer coach at the University of Miami. He startedthe program in 1998 and helped to build it into a nationalcontender in only four years. Under his direction, the Hurricanesclimbed as high as a no. 14 national ranking. The Boca Raton, Fla.native joined Jacksonville University's staff in 2002 and retunedhome in 2003 as a coach for Florida Atlantic University. Blankenship undertook a new challenge in 2007 when he became thefirst women's soccer coach at Florida Gulf Coast University, aposition he still holds today.