Joe Scannella

Joe Scannella
Career information
Position(s)	QB
College	Lehigh
Career history
As coach
1954	Clifton HS (NJ) (assistant)
1955–1959	Oceanside HS (NY)
1960	Cornell (WR)
1961–1963	Baldwin HS (NY)
1964–1967	C. W. Post
1969	Montreal Alouettes (QB/RB)
1970–1971	Vermont
1972–1977	Oakland Raiders (ST)
1978–1981	Montreal Alouettes
1982–1983	Cleveland Browns (RB)
1984	Cleveland Browns (OC)
1988–1993	Los Angeles Raiders (RB)

Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XI)

Joseph I. Scannella is a former American football player and coach of American and Canadian football.

Scannella played quarterback at Lehigh University from 1947 to 1949.

Scannella began his coaching career as an assistant at Clifton High School in Clifton, New Jersey. His first head coaching job was at Oceanside High School in Oceanside, New York. He was the Sailors head coach from 1955 to 1959 before becoming the ends coach at Cornell University. He left Cornell after one season to become head coach at Baldwin High School. In 1964, he was hired by C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University to serve as head football coach and athletic director. In four seasons with the Pioneers he had a 19–15–2 record. He left in 1968 to take a front office job with the New York Giants. He was hired by Holy Cross in February 1969 to serve as the Crusaders offensive coordinator but resigned a week later to become offensive backfield coach for the Montreal Alouettes. In 1970, he was hired by the University of Vermont to coach the Catamounts football team. In 1972, he became the special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders under head coach John Madden. He was a member of the coaching staff in 1976 when the Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. He left the Raiders to become head coach of the Montreal Alouettes. Scannella coached the Alouettes from 1978 to 1981, finishing with a 28–28–2 record. Scannella's Alouettes appeared in the 66th and 67th Grey Cups, losing both.