Bloom was born in October 17, 1982, and grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[1] He played sports at a young age, starting with soccer before switching to football in fourth grade.[2] He attended Wellesley High School and played football there, helping them reach the Division II Super Bowl in consecutive years, losing in 1998 but winning it in 1999.[2] After his graduation from Wellesley, Bloom attended Tufts University and played as an offensive lineman for the Jumbos from 2001 to 2004.[2]
Coaching career
As a senior at Tufts in 2004, Bloom decided he wanted to enter coaching.[3] His initial only offer after graduating from Tufts in 2005 was as an assistant for the WPI Engineers.[3] Before he was to accept it, he received an offer from his alma mater, Tufts, to be a graduate assistant and defensive line coach, with the opportunity to continue his education and get a master's degree.[3] He accepted Tufts' offer and worked in those positions from 2005 to 2007; he additionally worked during these years as a bouncer at a local bar and as a substitute teacher.[3] He received his master's degree in education at Tufts.[4]
In 2008, Bloom served one season as the assistant defensive line coach for the Harvard Crimson.[5] He then joined the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in 2009 as a quality control coach and team operations assistant; his position was shifted to defensive quality control coach in 2010.[6] He followed coach Matt Eberflus to the Dallas Cowboys in 2011, being named assistant linebackers coach and defensive quality control coach.[7]
Bloom became the team's assistant defensive line coach and defensive ends coach in 2014 before moving solely to defensive ends coach in 2015.[8] In 2016, he was named the Cowboys' assistant coach/special projects, in which he advised the head coach on game plans and schemes.[4] He served two years in that role before receiving a job as linebackers coach in 2018.[9] That season, he helped Leighton Vander Esch become the first Cowboys rookie linebacker to be named to the Pro Bowl.[10]
In 2020, Bloom returned to the Browns and was named the team's senior defensive assistant.[11] He was promoted to defensive run game coordinator in 2021.[12] He then received a promotion to defensive line coach in 2023.[13] That year, he was named by NFL.com as one of the "young NFL coaches to watch" for future head coaching positions.[14]
On February 14, 2024, Bloom was named as outside linebackers coach for the Tennessee Titans.[15]