[2] Scannell grew up in Weymouth, Massachusetts and attended Xaverian Brothers High School, lettering in baseball for the Hawks.
Scannell also spent two summers playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) with the Harwich Mariners in 1989 and the Cotuit Kettleers in 1990.
He then returned to his alma mater Northeastern University where the Huskies captured the NAC title and advanced to 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Since taking over in 1999, Scannell has become the winningest Trinity baseball coach in history having amassed a record of 709–268 as of 2020.
[1] In 2016, after leading Trinity to the Division III NCAA Championship, he was named National Coach of the Year by D3Baseball.com [4] Tim Scannell is married and has three sons, Matthew, TJ, and James.