Jack McCaffery, a 6-foot-9 forward from Iowa City, Iowa, will join the Richmond Spiders men’s basketball team for the upcoming season, according to an April 21 announcement. McCaffery is transferring from Butler University after his freshman year.
McCaffery played in nine games at Butler during the 2025-26 season, averaging 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds before his season was cut short by illness. He is expected to receive a medical redshirt and have four seasons of eligibility remaining with Richmond.
Before college, McCaffery had a standout career at Iowa City West High School. He was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year for Iowa in the 2024-25 season after averaging over 21 points per game and earning First Team All-State honors from the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. ESPN ranked him as the No. 89 player nationally in his class and he was considered a consensus four-star recruit.
McCaffery comes from a family with strong basketball ties. His father Fran is currently head men’s basketball coach at Penn and has led several Division I programs over three decades. His mother Margaret was an All-American player at Notre Dame, while siblings Connor and Patrick both played collegiate basketball—Connor appearing in more than 160 games for Iowa and Patrick scoring over 1,400 points across six seasons at Iowa and Butler.
With this move, McCaffery becomes Richmond’s third transfer addition for its incoming class alongside Jamie Kaiser Jr. and Amon Dörries.
