Brittany Mahomes 2 Explained: Her Second SI Swimsuit Cover#
Brittany Mahomes 2 is the search shorthand for her second Sports Illustrated Swimsuit appearance: the February 2026 digital cover, shot on Captiva Island near Fort Myers, Florida. It is not a sequel movie, a second album, or a new child. It is chapter two of a magazine run that started with her 2024 Belize rookie gallery.
She was one of six women on that digital cover, photographed by Katherine Goguen. The other cover stars were Christen Goff, Haley Cavinder, Ronika Love, Claire Kittle, and Normani. SI framed the issue around NFL partners who also have their own careers. Mahomes’s lane is soccer ownership, fitness, and a very public Kansas City life.
This recap covers the 2024 vs 2026 difference, what she said about the “WAG” label, the Kansas City Current work that actually defines her, and the family timeline people mix up with the cover news. Official photos live on SI Swimsuit. The images here are original editorial art, not copies of the magazine gallery.
2024 vs 2026: What Actually Changed#
| SI 1 (2024) | SI 2 (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Rookie gallery | Digital cover star |
| Location | San Pedro, Belize (Ambergris Caye) | Captiva Island, Fort Myers, Fla. |
| Photographer | Derek Kettela | Katherine Goguen |
| Kids at home | Two (Sterling and Bronze) | Three (Golden Raye arrived Jan. 2025) |
| Soccer headline | CPKC Stadium opening year | Current won the 2025 NWSL Shield |
The 2024 shoot was her first SI appearance. SI shot her in Belize with a large rookie class. The 2026 set is smaller, more cover-driven, and more Kansas City-coded. The fashion team put her in custom red, gold, and white looks that read as Chiefs colors, then a second all-black story SI described as cleaner and more formal. That red-and-gold choice is why “Brittany Mahomes 2” photos circulate next to football clips even though the set is a Gulf Coast island.
She was 30 at the time of the 2026 issue. SI noted she is a certified trainer who still walks a high daily step count and lifts. In the cover interview she said she hoped other women—especially after having kids—would still feel able to take up space in a bikini shoot if they wanted to. That is the quote the gallery is built around: confidence after three kids, not a rebrand as a full-time model.
Who Is on the Cover With Her#
The February 2026 digital issue grouped six women who are partners of NFL players and also work in fashion, music, sport, or business. Mahomes told SI she liked being with people who share that specific role and still run their own lives.
She has never been a fan of the old WAG shorthand. In the same interview she said the label has opened up: it can mean entrepreneur, parent, leader, or supporter, not only “someone’s plus-one.” The useful version of that point is simple. Being married to Patrick Mahomes is part of her public story. It is not the whole résumé.
If you only saw the cover thumbnail, skip the rest of this page. The rest of her 2024–2026 stretch is soccer infrastructure, not swimwear.
The Job That Matters More Than the Cover#
Mahomes is a founding co-owner of the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League. The NWSL awarded the expansion group a team in December 2020. The club took on the Utah Royals’ player contracts and later rebranded as the Current. Patrick later bought a minority stake. She also sits on the NWSL advisory board.
CPKC Stadium opened in 2024 on Kansas City’s Berkley Riverfront. It is widely cited as the first stadium built specifically for a women’s professional sports team. The ownership group privately financed the original project (reported around $140 million). That bet is the core of her sports bio: she played the sport, then helped put a purpose-built home under it.
On the field, 2025 was the Current’s statement regular season. Kansas City won the NWSL Shield—best record in the league—after a 2–0 win over Seattle Reign FC on September 20, 2025, in front of a sold-out CPKC crowd. The club clinched with games still left, which SI and the league both treated as a first-time franchise landmark. The playoffs ended in the quarterfinals against Gotham FC, an upset that does not erase the Shield. Heading into 2026, the Current is still in the title conversation.
SI also noted a $275 million club valuation in the year after the stadium opened, described as the second-most valuable team in women’s soccer at that snapshot. Valuations move. The durable fact is the stadium plus a Shield-winning regular season in five years of ownership.
This is why “Brittany Mahomes 2” is a weak headline if it only means a second swimsuit PDF. The second SI chapter landed after the stadium, the Shield, and a Hall of Fame nod from her college.
Soccer First, Then Fitness, Then the Magazine#
Brittany Lynne Matthews was born August 31, 1995, in Whitehouse, Texas. She was an All-East Texas forward in high school (22 goals and five assists as a senior). She did not assume she would play in college, then joined UT Tyler. She finished as one of the program’s all-time scoring leaders, with four hat tricks as a senior and school records for a single season in goals and points.
In 2017 she signed with Icelandic club Afturelding/Fram, scored twice in five appearances, and the team won promotion. The club did not extend her. She retired, moved to Kansas City to be with Patrick, and became a certified trainer. During the 2020 pandemic she filled in on workouts for him while intern-alumni ties to trainer Bobby Stroupe were already in the background. She launched Brittany Lynne Fitness in 2019 as an online program.
In January 2026, UT Tyler inducted her into its athletics Hall of Fame. That honor is about the college career, not the magazine cover. It is the cleaner “chapter two” if you care about the athlete, not the photoshoot.
She and Patrick married in Hawaii on March 12, 2022, after a September 2020 engagement. They have three children:
- Sterling Skye (daughter, born February 20, 2021)
- Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III (son, born November 28, 2022)
- Golden Raye (daughter, born January 12, 2025)
She has used her platform with the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and FARE (food-allergy research). Two of the kids have food allergies; that is public because the family has fundraised around it, not because it belongs in a swimsuit recap.
How to Read the Photos Without Overclaiming#
- “Brittany Mahomes 2” = second SI Swimsuit set (2026 digital cover), not a new brand name.
- The official gallery is on SI. Do not treat random social crops as the full set.
- Red/gold styling is a Chiefs color nod on a Florida set. It is fashion, not a game-day uniform.
- Cover-star status is a step up from the 2024 rookie gallery. It is still one magazine issue.
- The Current, CPKC Stadium, and the 2025 Shield are the sports story that will still matter when the cover cycle ends.
If you save SI galleries, NWSL schedules, or stadium guides as files, JPG to PDF turns screenshots into one packet, and Compress PDF keeps the email size down.
FAQ#
What does “Brittany Mahomes 2” mean?#
Her second SI Swimsuit appearance: the February 2026 digital cover from Captiva Island, Florida, after the 2024 Belize rookie shoot.
When did Brittany Mahomes first appear in SI Swimsuit?#
2024, photographed by Derek Kettela in Belize. That was her rookie gallery, not a cover.
Who photographed Brittany Mahomes for SI 2026?#
Katherine Goguen, on Captiva Island in the Fort Myers area.
Is she only famous as Patrick Mahomes’ wife?#
No. She is a former college and pro soccer player, a founding co-owner of the Kansas City Current, and part of the group that built CPKC Stadium. The SI covers are a side chapter.
Did the Kansas City Current win a title in 2025?#
They won the 2025 NWSL Shield (best regular-season record). They were then eliminated in the playoff quarterfinals by Gotham FC.
How many kids do Brittany and Patrick Mahomes have?#
Three: Sterling Skye, Bronze, and Golden Raye.
Conclusion#
Brittany Mahomes 2 is her second SI Swimsuit chapter: a 2026 digital cover in Florida, two years after Belize, with Chiefs-color styling and a post-three-kids confidence pitch. The cover is the search hook. The through-line is still soccer—UT Tyler records, a short Iceland stint, Current ownership, CPKC Stadium, and a Shield in 2025. For the official photos, use SI. For the career, start with the stadium, not the thumbnail.