Patrick McCaffery

McCaffery was born in Greensboro, North Carolina where his father, Fran McCaffery was the head basketball coach at UNC Greensboro and spent his early childhood there until moving to Albany, New York after Fran became the head coach at Siena. He moved with his family to Iowa City, Iowa at age ten when his father was named the head coach at the University of Iowa. McCaffery was diagnosed with thyroid cancer when he was 13 years old. He was diagnosed cancer free after three months of treatment, including two surguries.
McCaffery attended Iowa City West High School and made the varsity basketball team as a freshman. He was named first team All-State after winning the 2017 4A State Championship 19.9 points and six rebounds per game in his junior season. McCaffery repeated as a first team All-State selection after averaging 25.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. He also set Iowa City West's sc…