Early Life
Tarrant graduated from Saint Michael's College in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. In college he was a first-team All-American in basketball and led the Purple Knights to the Final Four of the 1965 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament, where they were defeated 93-70 by the University of Evansville, who had Jerry Sloan and Larry Humes, both All-Americans. He was drafted by the world champion Boston Celtics, but was cut before the first game of the season. He went to work for IBM in Burlington, Vermont selling computer equipment in the northern part of the state.
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