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Connor McCaffery, the boyfriend of Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, revealed on social media he was dealing with a family tragedy this week.

McCaffery, an assistant coach for the Butler Bulldogs men’s basketball team, said his grandmother, Marit Smaby Nowlin, had died.

“I’ve been trying to think of what to say and I can’t. It’s impossible to put into words how much you meant to our entire family. I refuse to say goodbye, so until we meet again,” he wrote in a touching Instagram post.

Clark commented on the post with hands in prayer and a few hearts. Several others followed her. She missed the Fever’s game against the Connecticut Sun on Sunday as she continues her rehab.

McCaffery and Clark started dating in April 2023 when the two were stil

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