Career
He notably coached Olympic swimmers Mark Spitz, Debbie Meyer and Mike Burton, among others at the club Arden Hills Swimming in Carmichael, California, which he founded in 1954. Chavoor coached at the Sacramento Young Men’s Christian Association prior to starting Arden Hills. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.
He was a coach for the United States of America"s Olympic Swimming teams in 1968 and 1972.