Joe Scannella, who coached football for 60 years and won a Super Bowl ring as an assistant for the Raiders, died in Walnut Creek on May 3 after a long illness, the Montreal Gazette reported.
Scannella would have turned 90 on May 22.
The Passaic, N.J., native played quarterback at Lehigh University from 1947-50. He went through seven coaching jobs — from high school to college — before being hired as the Raiders’ special teams coach in 1972 under head coach John Madden. Scannella still held the post in 1976 when the Raiders won their first Super Bowl.