Blasi became head coach of his alma mater in 1999 and, at the time, was the youngest head coach in Division I college hockey. Blasi was named 2006 National Coach of the year and has won 3 CCHA Coach of the Year Awards. Blasi is the first Miami hockey alumnus to return to his alma mater as the head coach. He came to Miami after working four years--three as an assistant and one as a graduate assistant--under his coach at Miami, George Gwozdecky at the University of Denver. Blasi resides in Oxford, Ohio with his two daughters.