Cowboys’ Mike Zimmer, model girlfriend Katarina Miketin get engaged

Mike Zimmer is kicking off the new year with a major milestone.

The Cowboys defensive coordinator is engaged to model girlfriend Katarina Miketin, who shared the exciting news Thursday in an Instagram post.

“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… I said YES!” Miketin exclaimed in the post’s caption.

Mike Zimmer and girlfriend Katarina Miketin revealed their engagement in January 2025. Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

The social media slideshow chronicles several moments of the couple’s relationship and concludes with Miketin showing off her dazzling diamond ring.

Zimmer and Miketin confirmed their romance in 2021 following months of speculation.

The coach was previously married. His wife, Vikki, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes in 2009 at the age of 50.

Katarina Miketin revealed the exciting engagement news in an Instagram slideshow. Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

The model showed off her dazzling diamond ring in the Instagram slideshow. Katarina Elizabeth/Instagram

A biking and books enthusiast, Miketin has been featured on the cover of Maxim and boasts 400,000 followers on Instagram.

Miketin, who is reportedly 42, previously shared Vikings-centric posts on her page in 2018 when Zimmer served as Minnesota’s head coach.

The 68-year-old Zimmer coached the Vikings from 2014-21. He was fired after his eighth season at the helm.

Mike Zimmer served as head coach of the Vikings from 2014 to 2021. Getty Images

Zimmer joined the college ranks in 2022 as a consultant/analyst at Jackson State under head coach Deion Sanders.

He followed Sanders to Colorado the following year and held the same role.

In the wake of Dan Quinn’s departure from Dallas after the 2023 season, when he was hired as head coach of the Commanders, Zimmer was tapped as the team’s new defensive coordinator.

Mike Zimmer is in his first season as defensive coordinator of the Cowboys. Getty Images

He previously occupied the role in Dallas from 2000-06.

The Cowboys will host Quinn and the Commanders on Sunday in the regular-season finale to finish what’s been a disappointing season.

Dallas has been hampered by injuries to key players, including star quarterback Dak Prescott, who was lost for the season in November.

They enter Sunday’s game at 7-9.