REPORT: Patriots Long Time Offensive Line Coach Scarnecchia to Retire
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REPORT: Patriots Long Time Offensive Line Coach Scarnecchia to Retire
According to Fauria, Scarnecchia’s replacement will come from the Patriots' existing coaching staff.
Scarnecchia becomes the latest Patriots coach to leave the team after defensive line coach Bret Bielema and wide receivers coach Joe Judge both left for the New York Giants.
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Scarnecchia just finished his 48th season as an NFL coach, 34 of which were in New England.
He first joined the Patriots in 1982 as the tight ends and special teams coach under head coach Ron Meyer.
He remained there for seven seasons, before moving on to Indianapolis in 1989.
Scarnecchia returned to the Patriots in 1991 and has been with the team since, other than a brief two-year retirement from 2014-2015.
He owns the longest coaching tenure in Patriots history.
During his career, he has helped the Patriots to 17 division championships, nine conference titles and five Super Bowl titles.
Scarnecchia has been on the Patriots coaching staff during 21 of the franchise's 26 playoff seasons and has coached in 48 of the 57 playoff games in team history.