Chaffetz's father was Jewish, and his paternal grandfather Maxwell (Max) Chaffetz (1909-1986), the son of immigrants from Russia, became an FBI Special Agent [REF].
Chaffetz attended high school in California[REF] as well as Middle Park High School in Granby, Colorado,[REF] followed by Brigham Young University on an athletic scholarship, and was the starting placekicker on the Brigham Young University football team in 1988 and 1989.