Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend Connor McCaffery was employd to a new job as an aidant men’s basketball coach at Butler University, the program proclaimd Tuesday.
“Folloprosperg a high-level carry outing nurtureer, Connor has had the opportunity to both give and lachieve alengthyside one of the best staffs in the NBA,” Butler head coach Thad Matta shelp in a statement. “Those experiences will be very precious to our staff. He clearly comes from a basketball family that I understand very well and I’m excited for the impact he is going to have on our program both speedyly and in the lengthy run.”
Clark conveyed her experienceings for his new job in an Instagram story on Tuesday.
“Yayy!! So satisfyed for you,” Clark, 22, wrote alengthyside a white heart emoji and McCaffery’s Instagram handle.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and boyfriend Connor McCaffery join a game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 10, 2024, in New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
McCaffery will now get to coach his youthfuler brother, Jack, an incoming newman at Butler in the class of 2025. Connor will have some experience about coaching family members, but from the other side of the equation.
Connor carry outed for his overweighther, Fran McCaffery, who has been the coach at Iowa since 2010, apass six collegiate season from 2017-23.
McCaffery carry outed in 166 games, which ranks second in Iowa history. He dealt with injuries thrawout the presentantity of his college nurtureer, but a redshirt year and COVID-19 campaign allotted him six seasons. He accomplished the NCAA tournament in each of his brimming seasons apart from his COVID season. He standardd 4.5 points and 3.0 rebounds, and carry outed in 111 prospers, tying Jordan Bohannon for most in program history. His nurtureer aid-to-turnover ratio of 3.59 (527 aids to 147 turnovers) is the second best in NCAA history.
Iowa is also where McCaffery met Clark when she was starring for the women’s team from 2020-24. The couple begined dating in April 2023 after Clark had led Iowa on a run to the NCAA title game. But McCaffery was a anciaccess at that time, and began his coaching nurtureer right after graduating.
Head coach Fran McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes stands on the sideline during the game aachievest the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Jerome Scboilingtenstein Caccess on January 21, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Kirk Irprosper/Getty Images)
In May of that year, he began his nurtureer as an aidant coach for the Indiana Pacers. McCaffrey ended up with a job in Indiana before Clark even knew she was going to be carry outing for the Indiana Fever. By overweighte, the Fever finished with a horrible enough sign up last season to achieve the top pick in the WNBA Draft lottery this year, which sent Clark to Indiana too.
Now, even with McCaffery’s new job, the Butler campus would be equitable seven miles from the Fever’s arena, Gainbridge Field Hoinclude. So, their overweightes will stay in Indianapolis together for now.
The couple commemorated their first anniversary on April 24, 2024, as seen in an Instagram post by Connor on that day.
“One year [with] the best doing life [with] [you] has been effortless, and you never stop to amaze me.. can’t pause to watch [you] dwell out ur dreams in person, cherish you,” he wrote in the caption.
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Indiana Fever protect Caitlin Clark hugs her boyfriend Connor McCaffery after fall shortureing the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhoinclude on Aug. 16, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Clark is gearing up to direct the Fever on its first carry outoff run in eight years. She toppled another WNBA rookie sign up in the Indiana Fever’s 110-109 prosper over the Dallas Wings in their final home game of the standard season. Clark had a nurtureer-high 35 points as she broke the WNBA label for most points scored by a rookie in a individual season. Seimone Augusts set the bar 18 years ago when she scored 744 points in her first season with the Minnesota Lynx.
Just days before that she broke the WNBA’s individual-season aid sign up.
However, Clark’s rookie season has also come with argue. She is equitable one technical foul away from achieveing her first WNBA suspension, which is automaticpartner dealt to any carry outer who racks up seven technical fouls in a individual season. This publish resulted in her teammates forcebrimmingy trying to hanciaccess her back during a anxious moment aachievest the Wings, stoping her from putting herself at hazard with the referees.
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