1. Dante Scarnecchia was born on February 14,1948 and is a former American football offensive line coach and assistant head coach, best known for his 34-year association with the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
20 Facts About Dante Scarnecchia
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Dante Scarnecchia remained with the team as a coach until his retirement following the 2013 season.
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Dante Scarnecchia was rehired as the offensive line coach on February 16,2016.
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Dante Scarnecchia retired on January 29,2020, and was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2023.
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Dante Scarnecchia attended Taft Junior College before transferring to California Western University in 1966, where he played football as an offensive lineman and earned a degree in physical education, while serving as a sergeant in the US Marine Corps Reserve.
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Dante Scarnecchia began his coaching career in 1970 with his alma mater California Western University as their offensive line coach, a position he held through 1972.
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From 1973 to 1974, Dante Scarnecchia was the assistant offensive line and assistant defensive backfield coach for Iowa State University.
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From 1977 through 1978, Dante Scarnecchia served as offensive line coach for the University of the Pacific before spending a year at Northern Arizona University in the same capacity.
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Dante Scarnecchia returned to Southern Methodist in 1980 as offensive line coach, spending two seasons there before following head coach Ron Meyer to the Patriots.
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Dante Scarnecchia joined the Patriots in 1982 as a special teams and tight end coach.
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In 1992, Dante Scarnecchia held the responsibilities of head coach while MacPherson was ill for the final eight games of the season.
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Under head coach Bill Parcells in 1993 and 1994, Dante Scarnecchia was reassigned as a special assistant.
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In 1995, Dante Scarnecchia was again reassigned, this time to a defensive assistant.
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Once Parcells left the team after the 1996 New England Patriots season, and Pete Carroll was hired as head coach, Dante Scarnecchia became the team's special teams coach again.
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In Carroll's final season with the Patriots, Dante Scarnecchia was reassigned to offensive line coach.
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Dante Scarnecchia retired after the 2013 season, and was replaced by Dave DeGuglielmo.
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Dante Scarnecchia subsequently rejoined the Patriots staff prior to the 2016 season, overseeing a resurgent offensive line that only allowed 16 sacks.
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On February 5,2017, Dante Scarnecchia was part of the Patriots coaching staff that won Super Bowl LI.
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Dante Scarnecchia won his fifth Super Bowl title when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
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Dante Scarnecchia is married to Susan, with whom he has two children.