Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin

Katarina Elizabeth and Mike Zimmer Courtesy of Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator is engaged to .

The model, 43, announced via Instagram on Friday, January 3, that Zimmer, 68, popped the question. The celebratory social media post was set to ’s “I Cross My Heart.”

“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, wrote in the caption. “I said Yes!”

The post included a series of photos of Miketin showing off her engagement ring alongside images of the pair posing with a horse and having dinner.

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Zimmer’s upcoming nuptials will mark his second walk down the aisle — he previously tied the knot with wife , who died of natural causes in October 2009, per the Minnesota Star Tribune. “She was the sweetest, kindest, most caring person who’d never say a bad word about anybody,” Zimmer told ESPN.com after her death.

Years later, Zimmer’s son Adam was found dead in his home at age 38 in October 2022. According to the Associated Press, Minnesota’s Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office cited his cause of death as chronic alcohol use. At the time, Zimmer and Adam were months removed from being fired by the Minnesota Vikings.

Zimmer opened up about his son’s mindset prior to his passing in an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune in September 2024. “He loved football so much and he was telling me his career was ruined because he got fired,” Zimmer said. “It tore him up. I told him everybody gets fired in this job, but it was hard on him.”

After taking a break from coaching in 2022 and 2023, Zimmer returned when the Cowboys called — and he admitted he’s “having fun again.” (Zimmer previously served as a defensive coach for the Cowboys from 1994 to 2006.)

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“The shame is Adam would have loved being here helping us put this defense together in Dallas,” he said. “[Long-time confidante] is here with me. I kept thinking, ‘Man, I wish Adam was here with us.’ He was so smart. When I can’t remember something or get stuck, Adam could tell me exactly what I was thinking.”

He added, “So, it’s been tough. But it helps getting around the players again. We joke around. I tease them, they tease me. Like the old days.”

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Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin

Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin

Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin

Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin

Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike Zimmer Engaged to Katarina Miketin