John Bluem (born 1953) is an American former soccer defender and most recently a coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

[1] That year, the Tampa Bay Rowdies selected Bluem in fourth round of the North American Soccer League draft.

In 1997, Bluem moved to Ohio State to coach the Buckeye's men's soccer team.

Since then, he has taken Ohio State to six NCAA post-season tournaments and won three Big Ten titles.

His greatest success came in the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup when Ohio State finished runner-up to Wake Forest.