From 2006 through 2011, Blood served on the staff of Jim Penders at UConn, later adding recruiting coordinator and associate head coach duties.

He was responsible for recruiting players including Mike Olt, Matt Barnes, and George Springer, and helped the Huskies to a pair of regionals and a super regional while his pitching staffs ranked among the nation's best.

He was hired at Hartford during the Huskies 2011 NCAA tournament run, and has been tabbed one of the nation's top 10 under 40 head coaches by Baseball America.

[1][7] In 2012 and 2013, Blood's first two seasons at Hartford, the Hawks had losing records and missed the conference tournament.

Conference tournament champion Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.