Staten Island, NY – Rich Scangarello, who spent six years as a collegiate offensive coordinator before serving the 2015 season as a quality control assistant for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, has been named offensive coordinator at Wagner College, Seahawk head coach Jason Houghtaling has announced.
 
With the Falcons, his responsibilities included assisting the offensive line coach with weekly run-game preparation, coordinating the defensive scout team for the offense, as well as breaking down film of upcoming opponents.
 
Prior to joining the Falcons, Scangarello spent three seasons (2012-14) as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Northern Arizona University (NAU).  In 2013, the Lumberjacks' passing unit connected on 235 out of 387 passes for a 60.7 completion percentage, while totaling 2,425 passing yards, in addition to 14 thrown touchdowns.
 
"Rich Scangarello brings a proven track record of leading high-powered offensive systems and I'm thrilled to add someone of Rich's caliber and experience to the Wagner program," said Houghtaling. "I'm excited to having Rich install an offense that will maximize the talents of our returning players, as well as the playmakers that we added in our recruiting class earlier this month."
 
Last season, veteran Seahawk assistant Custavious Patterson served as Wagner's offensive coordinator. In 2016, Patterson will return to coaching wide receivers, where he previously had great success, which included mentoring a group that helped the Seahawks' claim the 2012 Northeast Conference championship.

In 2012, Scangarello helped mentor quarterback Cary Grossart who went on to finish his career with the top completion percentage in NAU history at 66.3. He also posted the second-best completion percentage in a season with 66.7. Overall, the Lumberjacks finished tied for 27th in the nation in scoring offense with an average of 31.6 points per game.
 
Prior to his tenure at NAU, Scangarello served two seasons as offensive coordinator, assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, where he helped develop quarterback Garrett Pinciotti to All-SCAC second team honors in 2011, after throwing for 2,200 yards and 23 touchdowns.
 
Before spending the 2009 season on the NFL's Oakland Raiders staff as assistant quarterbacks coach and offensive quality control assistant, Scangarello was a four-year member of the UC-Davis staff where, in 2008, he promoted to co-offensive coordinator, leading an offense that ranked 11th in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in total offense at 426.5 yards per game, while scoring 28.5 points per game.
 
He originally joined the Davis staff in 2005 as passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach, serving in that role from 2005-2007. In 2005, he coached the most prolific wide receiver in UC Davis history in All-American Tony Kays, who led the NCAA in receptions with 93 while setting school marks for receptions and yards.
 
Prior to his tenure at UC Davis, Scangarello served on the Idaho staff in 2000 as offensive graduate assistant and 2002-03 as quarterbacks coach. He began his coaching career in the UC Davis program in 1998 and 1999, working with two eventual NFL draft picks, and consecutive consensus Division II All-Americans, Kevin Daft and J.T. O'Sullivan.
 
The Roseville, CA native is a 1996 graduate of Sacramento State where he earned a degree in business administration.

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