Education
Bluem attended Hartwick College, playing on the men"s soccer team from 1972 to 1974. In 1975, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
Bluem attended Hartwick College, playing on the men"s soccer team from 1972 to 1974. In 1975, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
After retiring from playing, Bluem became a men"s college soccer coach. He was inducted into the Hartwick Warrior, now the Hawks, Hall of Fame in 2002. That year, the Tampa Bay Rowdies selected Bluem in fourth round of the North American Soccer League draft.
He played the 1975 NASL indoor season before playing two outdoor seasons with the Rowdies, winning the 1975 NASL championship with them.
In 1984, Bluem earned a masters degree in sports education from the University of Akron. In 1991, he was hired as head coach of the Fresno State men"s soccer team
Over the next six seasons, he took the Bulldogs to four National Collegiate Athletic Association post-season tournaments and compiled an 86–27–12 record. In 1997, Bluem moved to Ohio State to coach the Buckeye"s men"s soccer team
His greatest success came in the 2007 Division I Men"s College Cup when Ohio State finished runner-up to Wake Forest.
Bluem was the radio color analyst for Columbus Crew home games from 2007–2014.