Connor McCaffery might just be the University of Iowa player’s biggest fan. 

Feb. 28, 2024, 5:59 PM CST / Source: TODAY – By Ree Hines for Today.com

My cmnt: It is common knowledge (much like women’s prisons) that the WNBA is chock-full of lesbians, and not the pretty, lipstick lesbians who marry famous, rich women like Ellen DeGeneres, but the bull dyke ones who are bigger and taller than most men.

August 16, 2023: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrate 15 years of marriage. In honor of their wedding anniversary, DeGeneres penned a sweet post on Instagram about de Rossi. “To my wife of 15 years- I fall more in love with you every day,” she wrote. “My life is blessed because you’re in it.Dec 4, 2023 – Note that Ellen (age 66) and Portia (age 51) are the typical age spread you see in rich men and their trophy wives.

My cmnt: My point being that Caitlin Clark has a boyfriend whom she will probably marry and that makes her a target for harassment and abuse from the other women. My own cute, little blond sister was a P.E. major in college back in the 70s and surprised me one day when she said she was afraid to go into the women’s locker room alone because of the constant “attention” from the big, aggressive, dike athletes. I was shocked back in the 70s. Nowadays I completely understand her concern. Fast forward to 2019 when I worked in a public school with a former female professional basketball player who was married to a man with whom she had two children. She told me that the lesbian-fueled harassment was so bad while playing college ball she had to switch colleges, and then after a few years playing in the women’s professional leagues she had to quit because they hated straight women and especially married straight women players.

When Caitlin Clark is on the court, fans can’t look away.

That’s because the Iowa Hawkeyes guard is in the midst of an impressive record-breaking run in NCAA basketball. On Feb. 15, the 22-year-old became the women’s career scoring leader, and with 3,617 points and counting, she’s just shy of smashing another record — for all-time points earned by any NCAA player, male or female.

But while she’s busy becoming the biggest star in college basketball, Clark has one fan who’s been keeping a close eye on her off the court, too. That’s her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery.

Who is he? Read on to learn all about the man who’s been by Clark’s side as she makes hoops history.

He has a famous father

Connor McCaffery is the son of Fran McCaffery, who’s worked as the men’s basketball head coach at the University of Iowa since 2010.

The senior McCaffery even coached his son during the younger McCaffery’s Hawkeyes career.

He was a double threat for the Hawkeyes

In addition to playing basketball under his dad, Connor McCaffery also played for the Hawkeyes baseball team, a feat that wasn’t easy to balance with his other passion.

Rick Heller, the University of Iowa’s baseball coach, raved about McCaffery’s potential at the plate, but noted to Hawk Central, “It’s just really hard for a guy to play Power Five basketball in the Big Ten, where it’s physical and you get beat up, then have to show up 20 games into the baseball season and be ready to go.”

A change of Pace(rs)

After graduating from the University of Iowa in 2023, McCaffery took a job with the Indiana Pacers, where he now works as a team assistant.

“I’ll play dummy defense, run the scout team, help coaches on film stuff, help on video projects if they need, scouting reports if they need,” he told the Des Moines Register of his career move. “It’s kind of all-hands on deck, whatever you’re asked to do, be ready to do it.”

What better way to carve out a path that could lead him to follow in his father’s coaching footsteps.

“It’s a way in,” he continued. “It’s an entry-level job. You’ve got to work hard and work your way up. That’s obviously what I want to do.”

Instagram official romance

While neither Clark nor McCaffery have publicly discussed how or exactly when they got together, the couple went Instagram official back in August of 2023, when Clark shared a set of photos of the pair cuddled up on a boat.

“Best end to summer,” she wrote in the caption.

He waited until Jan. 22, Clark’s birthday, to feature her on his Instagram.

“Happy Birthday 22 🤞🏼🤍,” he wrote, referring both to her age and the number on her jersey. “Wish I was there to celebrate with you — you deserve the best day ❤️ Golden Bday / T Swift year will be the best yet. With all that you’ve already accomplished, there is so much more in store for you and your special self. I admire you in every way and I love you.”

Their height difference

At 6 feet tall, Clark is taller than most women, at least those who don’t play basketball.

But her 25-year-old beau towers over her. McCaffery stands 6 inches taller than his girlfriend.

She’s not the only Hawkeye he’s rooting for

Connor McCaffery’s little brother and former teammate, 23-year-old Patrick McCaffery, is still a part of the Hawkeyes men’s basketball team.