UNC Greensboro

Hired in July of 2024, Kris Taveras is heading into his first season as an assistant coach for the UNCG baseball team.

Taveras comes to Greensboro from Young Harris College (YHC), where he was serving as a baseball coach since August of 2017. He was promoted to associate head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator in May of 2024 after being promoted to full-time assistant in the spring of 2021, when he began to lead YHC’s recruiting efforts.
 
Under Taveras’ leadership, YHC had multiple top-five high school recruiting classes, according to Perfect Game. He was also responsible for recruiting the 2023 Peach Belt Player of the Year, 2024 Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Year and the 2024 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year. On top of that, he also recruited the 2024 Southeast Region Pitcher of the Year as well as two 2024 American Baseball Coaches Association All-American right-handed pitchers, Dylan Beck and Zachary Murray.
 
With Taveras in the wings, the Mountain Lions broke school records for national rankings in each of the last three seasons, which included being rated as high as No. 5 in the country this past season.
 
In seven seasons working with the Mountain Lions in Young Harris, Georgia, Taveras helped lead the team to multiple record-breaking seasons. It included a historic run last season to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional title game backed by a final record of 41-15. Additionally, the 41-win season marked a program record, which was previously set with Taveras helping the Mountain Lions to 39 victories in 2022. Altogether, YHC won a pair of conference championships in 2019 and 2022 as well as reaching the NCAA Tournament in three of the past five seasons (2019, 2022 & 2024).

While working at Young Harris, Taveras spent the summer of 2019 working as an assistant coach for the North Adams SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Taveras’ one season in North Adams, Massachusetts, was a memorable one that saw him coach in the league’s all-star game. Seven members of the team also went on to sign professional contracts.

Taveras, who graduated from Greensboro College with a bachelor's degree in English communication in 2017, was an outfielder for the Pride baseball team for four seasons (2014-17).

Taveras is a native of Miami, Florida, and obtained certification to coach both in pitching and hitting from OnBase University back in 2021. He lives in Greensboro with his wife, Sara.