Rich Scangarello joins the Raiders in 2024 as the quarterbacks coach, bringing with him 26 years of coaching experience, including seven in the NFL and 17 in the college ranks.

Rich Scangarello joins the Raiders in 2024 as the quarterbacks coach, bringing with him 26 years of coaching experience, including seven in the NFL and 17 in the college ranks.

Scangarello most recently served as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University of Kentucky in 2022, where he worked closely with QB Will Levis who was selected in the 2nd round of the 2023 NFL Draft (33rd overall). With Scangarello's guidance, Levis was named to the CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List, completing 185 of 283 passes for 2,406 yards and 19 touchdowns his senior season. Levis finished ranked fourth in the SEC and 27th nationally in pass efficiency (151.9).

Prior to joining Kentucky, Scangarello served as the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers in 2021 after previously serving in the same position with San Francisco from 2017-18. In 2021, Scangarello helped the 49ers to a 10-7 record and an NFC Championship appearance for the second time in three seasons. Under Scangarello, QB Jimmy Garoppolo completed 301-of-441 passes for 3,801 yards, 20 touchdowns and a 98.7 passer rating, leading an offense that ranked seventh in the NFL (375.7).

In 2020, Scangarello served as a senior offensive assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he assisted in the development of rookie QB Jalen Hurts, who finished his first season in the NFL with 1,061 yards and six touchdowns.

Scangarello served as the Denver Broncos' offensive coordinator for the 2019 season. He worked with QB Drew Lock, who completed 100-of-156 passes for 1,020 yards and seven touchdowns in five games as a rookie, becoming the seventh rookie quarterback in NFL history to win four of his first five starts. Lock was paired with fellow rookie TE Noah Fant, who finished with the most receptions (40) and receiving yards (562) by a rookie tight end in franchise history. In that same year, Scangarello also worked with QBs Joe Flacco and Brandon Allen. Flacco finished the season with 1,822 yards and six touchdowns in eight starts, while Allen tallied 515 yards and three touchdowns in three games.

Prior to his time in Denver, Scangarello spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as the 49ers quarterbacks coach. In 2018, he worked closely with QB Nick Mullens, who saw extended action for the first time in his NFL career, starting in all eight games in which he appeared and completing 176-of-274 attempts for 2,277 yards, 13 touchdowns and a 90.8 passer rating. He also joined Hall of Famers Fran Tarkenton (1961) and Jim Kelly (1986) as the only players in NFL history to throw for 250+ yards, 3+ touchdowns and zero interceptions in their NFL debut.

In his first season with San Francisco in 2017, Scangarello worked with rookie QB C.J. Beathard and mid-season acquisition Garoppolo, helping both set franchise records. Beathard, who played in seven games (five starts), set the single-season franchise record for attempts (224), completions (123) and passing yards (1,430) by a rookie quarterback. Garoppolo, who started the last five games of the season, became the first 49ers quarterback since the merger in 1970 to win each of his first five starts with the team and set the franchise record for the most passing yards in his first five starts with the 49ers (1,542). His 1,542 passing yards ranked fourth among all quarterbacks in their first five starts with a new team since the merger in 1970.

Before his first stint with the 49ers, Scangarello was the offensive coordinator at Wagner College in 2016 after one season as an offensive quality control coach with the Atlanta Falcons in 2015. In Atlanta, he assisted the offensive line with run-game preparation and coordinated the defensive scout team for the offense.

From 2012-14, Scangarello served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Northern Arizona University. In 2013, the Lumberjacks offense completed 235-of-387 passing attempts (60.7%) and finished with 2,425 passing yards and 14 touchdowns.

Prior to his time at Northern Arizona University, Scangarello served as the offensive coordinator/assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach for two seasons at Millsaps College (2010-11), where he helped QB Garrett Pinciotti earn second-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors in 2011 after throwing for 2,200 yards and 23 touchdowns.

Scangarello first entered the NFL coaching ranks in 2009 with the Oakland Raiders as an offensive quality control coach.

Before Oakland, Scangarello coached five years (2004-08) at UC-Davis, which included one year (2008) as the school's co-offensive coordinator. In 2008, under the guidance of Scangarello, the Aggies offense ranked 11th in the FCS in total offense, averaging 426.5 yards per game and 28.5 points per game. He also served as an offensive assistant/passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach from 2004-07.

Scangarello worked under former Raiders head coach Tom Cable at Idaho from 2002-03, serving as an offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach after spending one season (2021) at Carleton College in Northfield, Min. as the offensive coordinator. Scangarello was also an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Idaho in 2000.

Scangarello began his coaching career at UC-Davis, where he was an offensive assistant from 1998-99, working with future NFL draft pick and consecutive consensus Division II All-American J.T. O'Sullivan, who completed 669 of 1,070 passes for 10,745 yards and 96 touchdowns with 41 interceptions during his college career, also setting the school record for total offense with 11,544 yards.

PERSONAL: A native of Roseville, California, Scangarello earned a degree in business administration from Sacramento State University in 1996.