{"id":7427,"date":"2024-09-16T23:11:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2024-09-16T23:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:11:49","slug":"caitlin-clark-hyped-after-boyfriend-connor-mccaffery-gets-butler-coaching-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7427","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Hyped After Boyfriend Connor McCaffery Gets Butler Coaching Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"cb-1ead728cdb62eca1b9dbd53c985491c1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/caitlin-clark\/\"><strong>Caitlin Clark<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has a lot to celebrate this week &#8230; &#8217;cause shortly after she broke the record for most points by a WNBA rookie, her boyfriend got a new job at Butler &#8212; as a coach!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-016217d7ec7587b06e9168ba44ad2b11\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The university announced on Monday it&#8217;s hiring\u00a0<strong>Connor McCaffery\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212; who previously worked on the Indiana Pacers staff &#8212; to be an assistant on its men&#8217;s basketball team &#8230; and it said in a statement it&#8217;s thrilled to welcome him to Bulldog Country.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-75380208dc1ca552e78ff12d6564e06f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n<p><a class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2024\/09\/16\/caitlin-clark-and-connor-mccaffery-together\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:840a746a-ea04-48d5-b57c-aa756fe152e0\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:91608670-1277-4c67-b2f6-bb1055a483aa\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e9\/4by3\/2024\/09\/16\/e946d48cb46d4cc583583ca4857d522f_md.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark and Connor McCaffery Together\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">Caitlin Clark and Connor McCaffery Together<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cac4ad8739df3038029c7964ada4c530\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Clark &#8212; who started dating McCaffery when they both played ball at Iowa &#8212; was also pumped for her man &#8230; congratulating him with a sweet message on Instagram.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8c5da859c17f844920c9edc3e302af6b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;Yayyy!!!&#8221; the Indiana Fever guard said. &#8220;So happy for you \u2764\ufe0f.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f2f9bdaf246df0b9504690eca7ea3d70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">FYI, Clark and McCaffery have been supportive of each other&#8217;s careers since they both left Iowa &#8230; with Connor helping her work on her shot at Gainbridge FIeldhouse and CC watchin&#8217; her man work at Pacers games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CAITLIN CLARK IN THE HOUSE \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>BUCKS\/PACERS | GAME 3 ON ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V9o47Nvmjl\">pic.twitter.com\/V9o47Nvmjl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1783980792395288928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-49f21a75eea068a5d08af876d8677515\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">McCaffery will replace former NBA star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/greg-oden\/\"><strong>Greg Oden<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; who had been a Butler assistant for two seasons.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ecb6e997a5cdc43f02b36fb17b223195\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;Following a high-level playing career, Connor has had the opportunity to both contribute and learn alongside one of the best staffs in the NBA,&#8221; Butler head coach\u00a0<strong>Thad Matta<\/strong>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a54b334c63411552e02b4f8aed270222\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/50\/4by3\/2024\/09\/16\/503b3ee092c04cff9f4f66a849f3837a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-890cbf82a1fe442540c1f3312326ee54\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;Those experiences will be very valuable to our staff. He obviously comes from a basketball family that I know very well and I&#8217;m excited for the impact he is going to have on our program both quickly and in the long run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-19d3d172b8c068af70b1f584d5b021a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Congrats on the new gig, Connor!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Caitlin Clark\u00a0has a lot to celebrate this week &#8230; &#8217;cause shortly after she broke the record for most points by a WNBA rookie, her boyfriend got a new job &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7429,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7427\/revisions\/7429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}