Longtime offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia has retired from the , the team announced on Tuesday. was first to report Scarnecchia walking David Freese Jersey away from the game."I'm 72 years old, I feel like it's time," Scarnecchia told . "It's been an unbelievable career, I would've never expected anything close to this. We've been ble sed for a 1000 different reasons."Scarnecchia is widely considered to be one of the best offensive line coaches the NFL has to offer. He first started coaching in the NFL in 1982, when he signed on as the Patriots special teams coach and tight end coach. Scarnecchia held that role through the 1988 season before leaving for the offensive line coaching position, Babe Herman Jersey a post he held for two seasons. He returned to New England after that brief stint in Indy in 1991 and has been with the organization ever since."It was a privilege to coach with Dante for so long," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, via . "I knew that long before his initial retirement and throughout a second act of continued excellence. Dante is among the very best a sistant coaches ever." In 1999, Scarnecchia ascended into his role as the Patriots offensive line coach and held that position for the rest of his coaching days. He did retire once before for two years (2014-15)but elected to come out of retirement to rejoin New England in 2016. During his tenure in Foxborough, he's been aboard for five of the Patriots six titles, including their most recent title last year.En route to that Super Bowl LIII championship, the Patriots offensive line was praised for its run blocking ability to help rookie compile 336 rushing yards and six touchdowns through three postseason games. Scarnecchia also helped a number of his offensive lineman earn record contracts. Left tackles and are two recent names that come to mind Joe Kelly Jersey that played under Scarnecchia and earned record-setting contracts that following season when hitting free agency.Brown, who inked a four year, $66 million deal (36.75 million guaranteed) with the last offseason after playing for Scarnecchia in New England in 2018, took to social media to congratulate his former coach on a legendary career. Coach Scar...my dawgThank you for everything we made magic happen!!! Enjoy the hell out of retirement I love ya coach Trent Brown (@Trent) "Dante Scarnecchia has been unbelievable in every way. As a coach, he was extraordinarily talented at teaching his players and bringing the most out of each Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey of them," said Patriots owner Robert Kraft."There truly is no way to sum up the incredible career he's had, the positive impact he's made on our franchise or how much he will be mi sed. We are forever grateful for Dante and wish him the absolutely best in his next chapter, along with his lovely wife Susan and his family. The New Chris Taylor Jersey England Patriots are better because of Dante Scarnecchia, and he will always have a home with us."According to , Scarnecchia plans to stay in the New England area in retirement. Given that proximity, he could still send some sage advice to whoever his succe sor is on the Patriots coaching staff going forward.