Will Tavarez joined the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department in March of 2020.
Tavarez currently holds the position of Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance and Eligibility since 2023. In his role, Tavarez is in charge of overseeing the Compliance Office, including the office’s efforts to deter and detect violations of NCAA, Big West Conference, Mountain West Conference, and institutional athletics rules and regulations.
Tavarez previously worked at Barry University and Florida Memorial University.
The Miami, Fla., native earned his degrees in political science and criminology from the University of South Florida in 2014. Tavarez also earned his Juris Doctor and Master’s in Business Administration in Sports Administration from St. Thomas University in 2019.
He currently resides in Pearl City, O‘ahu.
