Joseph Louis Scannella (May 22, 1928 – May 3, 2018) was anAmerican football coach.

Scannella was born on May 22, 1928, inPassaic, New Jersey, to Anthony and Mary Scannella. He had six siblings.

Scannella playedquarterback atLehigh University from 1947 to 1949 before coaching.

He began his coaching career as an assistant atClifton High School inClifton, New Jersey. His first head coaching job was atOceanside High School inOceanside, New York. He was the Sailors head coach from 1955 to 1959 before becoming the ends coach atCornell University. He left Cornell after one season to become head coach atBaldwin High School.

In 1964, he was hired byC.W. Post Campus of Long Island University to serve as head football coach andathletic director. In four seasons with the Pioneers, he had a 19–15–2 record.^[1] He left in 1968 to take a front-office job with theNew York Giants. He was hired byHoly Cross in February 1969 to serve as the Crusadersoffensive coordinator but resigned a week later to become offensive backfield coach for the Montreal Alouettes. In 1970, he was hired by theUniversity of Vermont to coach the Catamounts football team.

In 1972, he became thespecial teams coach for theOakland Raiders under head coachJohn Madden. He was a member of the coaching staff in 1976 when the Raiders defeated theMinnesota Vikings inSuper Bowl XI. He left the Raiders to become head coach of theMontreal Alouettes. Scannella coached the Alouettes from 1978 to 1981, with his Alouettes appearing in the66th and67thGrey Cups, losing both.

Scannella wasSam Rutigliano's running backs coach inCleveland from 1982 to 1983 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in1984. He was not retained by the new head coachMarty Schottenheimer following the 1984 season. In 1987, Scannella returned to the Raiders, who had by this time moved to Los Angeles, this time as the team's offensive backfield coach. Here he would coach two formerHeisman Trophy winnersMarcus Allen andBo Jackson. After the1988 season, he and quarterbacks coachTom Walsh were fired by the head coachMike Shanahan, but ownerAl Davis refused to allow this and the two coaches stayed on. Joe Scannella retired from coaching in February 1994.^[2] He served as a scout for theIndianapolis Colts during the 2000s.

Scannella died on May 3, 2018, inWalnut Creek, California, three weeks short of his 90th birthday.^[3] At the time of his death, he was the last living Vermont varsity football head coach. He is survived by his wife, Lillian Scannella, his 4 children, his grandchildren, and his sister, Marylin Trauth.

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