Mothers of Chiefs players aim to become NFL’s first sanctioned ‘moms group’
FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports Posted: Aug 31, 2026 / 08:42 AM CDT Updated: Aug 31, 2026 / 08:42 AM CDT KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Friday, nearly 40 mothers of players on the Chiefs roster banded together for what they call the “Kansas City Chiefs Moms Squad” — a group the women hope will become the first sanctioned “moms group” in the NFL. The organization of women hopes to serve as trendsetters who offer support not only to the players on the field, but also to people in communities across the Kansas City metro. Dianne Macchia, CJ Hanson’s mother, told FOX4, “I asked player engagement, Dr. Melissa, I asked, ‘Do you guys, by chance, have a Mom’s group?’ And she said, ‘No. According to Donna Kelce, mother of tight end Travis Kelce, “Nine times out of 10, we’re not living in the same community.
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They’ve all just bonded together; we’ve gotten really close because we share one love and that’s our boys,” Winchester said. Of course, I’ve always been the football mom on any of the teams that he’s been on, but when I first got here, I was like…Mama D was like…’We have a mom squad.’ She’s like, ‘C’mon!'” This may be a stressful transition period for the players, but the same goes for the KC Mom’s Squad here in Kansas City.
