Bleymaier attended Borah High School in Boise and played football for the Lions under head coach De Pankratz on undefeated state championship teams (the win streak ended in October 1971 at 34 games).

[8] Bleymaier became assistant athletic director at UCLA in 1976, while attending law school,[9] and supervised academic affairs for student-athletes, including financial aid and tutoring.

After a flap with boosters over new season ticket premiums, Mullally resigned after less than a year in Boise and Bleymaier was promoted to athletic director by university president John Keiser in March 1982.

[12] Throughout the 2000s, Boise State was a Top 100 contender for the Learfield Sports Director's Cup, a national award for the most successful college athletics department.

[12] The football program moved up to Division I-A in 1996 and rose to a national brand under head coaches Dirk Koetter (1998–2000), Dan Hawkins (2001–2005), and Chris Petersen (2006–2013).

[7] At San Jose State, Bleymaier led the athletics department's move from the WAC to MWC and addition of new women's sports, sand volleyball and indoor and outdoor track.

[8] Additionally, Bleymaier has overseen fundraising for the proposed Vermeil-Walsh Athletic Center, to be constructed at the north end zone of Spartan Stadium.

[24] Following the retirement of women's volleyball head coach Oscar Crespo after the 2013 season, Bleymaier hired Jolene Shepardson of Cal State Bakersfield in January 2014.

[25][26] In 2017, Bleymaier was reassigned in February as special advisor to SJSU president Mary Papazian, focusing on South Campus athletic facility renovations.