- Joe Scannella
Joseph I. Scannella is a former professional football coach.
Career
Joe began his coaching career as an assistant at Clifton High School in
Clifton, New Jersey . His first head coaching job was atOceanside High School inOceanside, New York . He was the Sailors head coach from 1955-1959 before becoming the Ends Coach at Cornell. He left Cornell after one season to become head coach at Baldwin High School. In 1964 he was hired by C.W. Post to serve as head football coach andAthletic Director . In four seasons with the Pioneers he had a 19-15-2 record. [http://www.cwpostpioneers.com/Sports/football/2006/archive.asp] He left in 1968 to take a front office job with theNew York Giants . He was hired by Holy 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 coach John Madden. He would be part of the coaching staff in 1976 when the Raiders defeated theMinnesota Vikings 32-14 inSuper Bowl XI . He would leave the Raiders to become head coach of theMontreal Alouettes . Scannella coached the Alouettes from 1978-1981, finishing with a 28-28-2 record. Scannella's Alouettes appeared in the 66th and 67thGrey Cup s, both losses. [http://www.ravensnest1.com/Grey%20Cup.htm]He was
Sam Rutigliano 's running backs coach in Cleveland from 1982-1983 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 1984. He was not retained by new head coachMarty Schottenheimer following the '84 season. [http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/assistant.php]In 1987 he returned to the Oakland Raiders, this time as the team's offensive backfield coach. Here he would coach two former
Heisman Trophy winnersMarcus Allen andBo Jackson . After the 1988, he and quarterbacks coach Tom Walsh were fired by head coachMike Shanahan , but ownerAl Davis refused to allow this and the two coaches stayed on. Scannella retired from coaching in February1994 . [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E1DD1038F931A25751C0A962958260] He served as a scout for theIndianapolis Colts during the 2000s.He was a
quarterback atLehigh University from1947 -1949 before becoming a coach.
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