Connor McCaffery joined the Butler staff as an assistant coach in September of 2024. In his lone season with the Bulldogs, McCaffery helped Butler to a postseason berth as the team made the field for the inaugural College Basketball Crown in 2025.
“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,” said Butler head coach Thad Matta. “Those experiences will be very valuable to our staff. He obviously comes from a basketball family that I know very well and I’m excited for the impact he is going to have on our program both quickly and in the long run.”
McCaffery served as the Basketball Development Coordinator for the Indiana Pacers during the 2023-24 season. That was his first coaching position after his playing career at Iowa concluded. His role involved a number of responsibilities, including running the scout team, assisting with video operations and scouting report, in addition to working out with the active roster. The Pacers advanced to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in 2024 after improving their regular-season win total to 47 after missing the playoffs the season before.
McCaffery played for his father, Fran, at Iowa (Fran is now the head coach at Penn). Connor finished his Iowa career with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.59 (527 assists; 147 turnovers), which is second best in NCAA history. He played in 111 Iowa wins, tying Jordan Bohannon for most in program history and saw action in 166 games for the Hawkeyes, the second-most in program history. Connor played alongside his brother, Patrick, for a majority of his Iowa career; Patrick was on Butler's 2024-25 roster to utilize his final season of eligibility after graduating from Iowa. Jack, the youngest of the McCaffery brothers, joined the Butler program beginning with the 2025-26 season.
