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.

She set the NCAA Division I women’s basketball career scoring record in a win over Michigan and is on pace to set the Division I women’s scoring record held by Lynette Woodard.

She’s also on pace to break the all-time NCAA Division I scoring record held by Pete Maravich.

Clark is certainly the most recognizable name in Iowa basketball history, but the name “McCaffery” certainly 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, standout guard Connor McCaffery.

As it turns out, Clark and McCaffery are an item, forming an Iowa basketball power couple. Here’s what you need to know about Connor McCaffery and their relationship timeline.

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Who is Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend?

Clark is currently dating Connor McCaffery, an Iowa guard of six years.

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, 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, 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 2019-20 edition of the tournament.

For the season, McCaffery was recognized as the team’s winner of the Top Playmaker Award.

He shared the Top Playmaker Award the following season and again started all 31 games, averaging 3.3 points, 3.6 assists, and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 32.4 percent from the field.

He mostly came off the bench during his redshirt senior year in 2021-22, but he still earned a share of the Top Playmaker Award after averaging 2.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per contest despite starting only five of 34 games total.

McCaffery returned to a starting role in his extra COVID year in 2022-23, when he started 22 of 32 total games and had the best campaign of his career.

He posted career bests in shooting percentage (38.4 percent), points per game (6.5), steals per game (1.3), and rebounds per game (4.1) while also averaging 3.7 assists per contest. His 3.9 assist-to-turnover ratio led the nation, and he was named an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention.

The Hawkeyes reached the NCAA Tournament in every full season in which he played except the COVID campaign when the Hawkeyes were all but certain to get in.

McCaffery has since followed in his father’s footsteps and pursued a career in coaching, having taken a job on the coaching staff of the Indiana Pacers as a team assistant in May 2023.

“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,” McCaffery said to the Des Moines Register. “It’s kind of all-hands on deck, whatever you’re asked to do, be ready to do it.

“It’s a way in. 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.”

Caitlin Clark and Connor McCaffery relationship timeline

Clark and McCaffery’s relationship has not been in the public eye the way the NFL’s royal couple has taken over the world, but there’s still some documentation of its history.

April 23, 2023: The first public sighting of Clark and McCaffery comes at a Nuggets-Timberwolves game, as the camera spots Clark taking in the game in Minnesota with McCaffery next to her.

Aug. 21, 2023: Make it Instagram Official. Clark posts on her page a picture of her and McCaffery on a boat with the caption, “Best end to summer” with a heart emoji.

Jan. 22, 2024: McCaffery drops a collage of photos featuring him and Clark on his Instagram celebrating her birthday.

“Happy Birthday 22,” McCaffery wrote. “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.”

Feb. 4, 2024: Sheryl Swopes went viral for her inaccurate comments putting down Clark’s accomplishments as being the product of an extra COVID year (it’s Clark’s fourth year) and because she averages 40 shots per game (22.7 per game in 2023-24, 19.9 per game for her career).

McCaffery was one of many running to Clark’s defense.

Feb. 16, 2024: When President Barack Obama celebrates Clark’s accomplishment, McCaffery was excited to draw attention to the post. He quote-tweeted the former president, writing “MR PRESIDENT” with crying emojis.

The quote-tweet was one of several retweets from McCaffery celebrating Clark’s record. McCaffery was also in attendance to see history made.