Caitlin Clark is more than just the face of Iowa basketball or women’s college basketball. She’s the face of college basketball as a whole.Clark set the all-time NCAA Division I scoring record this season, and she’s certainly the most recognizable name in Iowa basketball.Still, the name McCaffery is well known in Iowa City in its own right.
It’s the last name of both the men’s basketball program’s second-all-time winningest coach, Fran McCaffery, and his son, former standout guard Connor McCaffery.
Clark and Connor McCaffery are an item, forming an Iowa basketball power couple. Here’s what you need to know about Clark, former Hawkeyes star Connor McCaffery and their relationship timeline — and his connection to the Indiana Fever.
Clark is dating Connor McCaffery, who spent six seasons at Iowa before departing in 2023 to embark on a coaching career.
McCaffery was limited heavily in his first season with the Hawkeyes in 2017-18, missing two games due to a sprained ankle, eight due to mononucleosis, and 19 due to a tonsillectomy before ultimately redshirting for the campaign.
He bounced back to appear in 34 games for his dad’s team as a redshirt freshman, averaging 4.4 points and 3.0 assists in 18.6 minutes per game.
As a redshirt sophomore for the 2019-20 season, he started all 31 games in which he appeared and averaged 6.2 points, 4.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 34.4 percent from the field.
He and the Hawkeyes likely would have been headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in as many years, but COVID canceled the 2020 edition of the tournament. For the season, McCaffery was recognized as the team’s winner of the Top Playmaker Award.
