Post Campus of Long Island University to serve as head football coach and athletic director.
He was a member of the coaching staff in 1976 when the Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI.
Scannella was Sam Rutigliano's running backs coach in Cleveland from 1982 to 1983 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 1984.
Scannella died on May 3, 2018, in Walnut Creek, California, three weeks short of his 90th birthday.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Scannella, his 4 children, his grandchildren, and his sister, Marylin Trauth.