Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Gets Engaged to Model and ‘Best Friend’ Katarina Miketin: ‘I Said Yes!’

Mar. 15, 2025

Dallas Cowboys coach Mike Zimmer gets engaged.Photo:Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

Longtime NFL coach Mike Zimmer has kicked off 2025 in spectacular style!

“Five years ago they told us we needed to meet…God knew what He was doing. I thank Him for you, my best friend…so, of course,” Miketin, 42, added in her caption.

The sweet post included a photo of Miketin showing off a huge oval-cut diamond engagement ring alongside other images of the pair having dinner together, sporting goofy glasses and going horseback riding.

Zimmer is now defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys after seven years as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. He has reportedly been dating Miketin since 2021, per theNew York Post.

Miketin shows off her oval-cut ring.Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

The news also comes two years after Zimmer’s son Adam was tragically found dead inside his Minnesota homein November 2022at 38. This came after local police officers performed a welfare check a few days prior. Hiscause of deathwas later confirmed as chronic alcohol abuse.

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Zimmer and Miketin.Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

Adam’s sister and Mike’s daughter, Corri Zimmer White shared aheartbreaking poston the loss via Instagram on Nov. 1. 2002, calling her brother “The kindest, sweetest, family loving, sports obsessed soul there ever was."

During a December 2024 Dallas Cowboys press conference, perathlonsports.com, Zimmer called his son — who was an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals — a “terrific” kid.

Fighting back tears, he said: “He was smart, loved football. He would’ve given his left arm to do this. I know he’s upstairs looking down on me cheering every Sunday.”

source: people.com