Bio

Peter Blumenauer returns for his fourth season at the helm of the Bears after being announced as the fourth head coach in program history in August 2017, bringing over 12 years of coaching experience at both the high school, college, and summer collegiate league level to Clinton Hill. As a student-athlete, he played college baseball at Division I University of Connecticut and Division II Molloy College.

With SJC, Blumenauer helped develop Anthony Palermo to All-Skyline First Team honors in 2019. Palermo later had his rights selected by the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2021. Coach Blumenauer's teams have also performed well in the classroom posting over a 3.32 grade point average for the Fall 2020 semester.

Prior to joining SJC Brooklyn, he served as the varsity head baseball coach at Islip High School, where he also works in student services. 

At the helm of Islip for 11 years over two separate stints, Blumenauer guided the Buccaneers to unprecedented success, winning the New York State championship in 2007 and finalists in 2008, capturing the Long Island championship in both years. For his efforts, he was named the NY State Sportswriters Association Coach of the Year in 2007 and was named Suffolk County Coach of the Year for three straight seasons from 2007 to 2009, as he also guided the Bucs to back-to-back-to-back Suffolk County titles.

Through his tutelage, over 30 former players have continued their careers at the collegiate level and two currently play professional baseball after being drafted by MLB teams.

In between stints at Islip, Blumenauer had his first collegiate coaching experience serving as assistant coach at Suffolk Community College from 2012 to 2013 and Adelphi University from 2013 to 2014.

While at Suffolk, he helped a squad that won the regular-season championship and were NJCAA Region 15 finalists. The following season, he helped Adelphi reach the Northeast-10 Championship for the first time in four years before finishing as finalists. He also had stops at Eastport-South Manor and Sayville High Schools before returning to take the helm of Islip in 2016.

On the summer collegiate league scene, he has over 10 years experience with the Long Island College Stan Musial and Boys of Summer Collegiate Leagues where he currently sits on the board of directors and has been a head coach and general manager of the Long Island Gamecocks since 2013 and held the same position with three different clubs since 2001.

Blumenauer holds a Bachelors degree in political science from Molloy College. He resides in East Islip with his wife, Kerry, and his children, Peter and Sophia.

Blumenauer's Year-by-Year Record