Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, has landed a new role with the Indiana Pacers’ G League affiliate team, Noblesville Boom, as a player development assistant. Fans quickly connected the update with the superstar guard’s plans to be in Indiana.
Fever reporter Scott Agness shared the update on X and wrote:
“Connor McCaffery is joining the Noblesville Boom as a player development assistant, league sources told Fieldhouse Files.”
Clark still has two seasons on her contract, binding her to the team till 2028. However, she will be due for an extension after this season.
Fans were delighted with the Connor McCaffery news, as they speculated that her girlfriend, and the Fever superstar, was planning to stay in Indiana. One wrote:
“there goes all the CC haters thinking she’s leaving Indy bc Connor left Butler lol”
Another fan was happy with the update and wrote:
“Yaaaaas! I was hoping for something like this when I saw him around rick a bit more again! Exciting!”
One more fan detailed the reason behind his switch and wrote:
“For all the gossip hounds that said he left Butler so CC must not want to stay with the Fever, Butler hired a new coach who picks his own assistants is why he left.”
One fan wondered what would be mentioned in there pay checks and wrote:
“Wow, I think that makes him and CC co-workers. PDF pay stubs would show the same company, right?”
Another supported Clark’s boyfriend and wrote:
“Let’s go Connor!!”
While Connor begins a new stint in his career, Caitlin Clark gets ready to face her longtime college rival, Angel Reese, and the Atlanta Dream in the next game. She will look to return in her bag and bring the team back to a winning stretch.
Connor McCaffery and Caitlin Clark may plan to stay in Indiana
Connor McCaffery, who is also the son of legendary college basketball coach Fran McCaffery, and Clark have been dating since April 2023. The former hooper-turned-coach played six seasons under his father, Fran, when he was the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s team. Clark and Connor reportedly met during their college days. He spent the last two seasons under coach Thad Matta with the Butler Bulldogs MBB.
Interestingly, before her Butler stint, Connor also worked with the Indiana Pacers as the basketball development coordinator for the 2023-24 NBA season, when the team reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
Meanwhile, the Fever has exercised Caitlin Clark’s team option for 2027, making her eligible for the Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract provision. She can renegotiate the salary for the fourth year of her deal and sign a max extension with the franchise, as early as the next offseason. Meanwhile, Fever fans are convinced about her future in Indiana.
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