Dante Scarnecchia (born February 14, 1948) is a former American football offensive line coach and assistant head coach. He worked for the New England Patriots of the National Football League for 34 years. Scarnecchia has spent the majority of his professional coaching career with the Patriots, joining them in 1982, only leaving in 1989 to coach with the Indianapolis Colts, before returning to the Patriots two years later. He remained with the team as a coach until his retirement following the 2013 season. He was rehired as the offensive line coach on February 16, 2016.