{"id":17077,"date":"2025-01-05T08:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T08:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17077"},"modified":"2025-01-05T08:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T08:56:33","slug":"congratulations-to-cowboys-dc-mike-zimmer-on-his-engagement-to-katarina-miketin-with-a-one-of-a-kind-ring-%f0%9f%92%8d%f0%9f%92%95%f0%9f%a5%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17077","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer on his engagement to Katarina Miketin with a one-of-a-kind ring! \ud83d\udc8d\ud83d\udc95\ud83e\udd79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mike Zimmer called one of the most important plays of his life &#8211; getting down on one knee and asking stunning model girlfriend\u00a0Katarina Miketin to marry him &#8211; with the model saying yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 68-year-old Zimmer is currently the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Dallas Cowboys<\/span>\u00a0defensive coordinator, taking over for the vacancy left by current\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Washington Commanders<\/span>\u00a0head coach Dan Quinn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zimmer met Miketin during his seven seasons as the head coach of the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Minnesota<\/span>\u00a0Vikings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"slot-perform-player\" data-id=\"perform-player\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"footballco-video-player-container4a8e48f2-a302-41ab-a0a7-10950b889522\" class=\"footballco-container footballco-desktop\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Miketin has\u00a0previously revealed\u00a0that her parents were &#8216;immigrants from the former Yugoslavia, what is now considered Serbia.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Miketin, who based on other reports is 42, announced her engagement to Zimmer on Saturday on social media with a collage of photos of the couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zimmer is not the only former NFL head coach to publicly display his relationship with a much younger woman, as\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Bill Belichick<\/span>, 72, is dating 24-year-old Jordon Hudson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2ccda226cbdfb6b3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93745927-14250911-image-a-64_1736036413298.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Zimmer and model Katrina Miketin announced their engagement over the weekend\" width=\"634\" height=\"637\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mike Zimmer and model Katrina Miketin announced their engagement over the weekend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bb1ba3fdbbd15fa6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93745929-14250911-image-a-65_1736036416338.jpg\" alt=\"Miketin has modeled for Maxim Magazine in Australia and Sports Illustrated over the years\" width=\"634\" height=\"639\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Miketin has modeled for Maxim Magazine in Australia and Sports Illustrated over the years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mol-fe-related-replace ccox\" data-track-module=\"related-replace\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-container cnx-full-height\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-bid-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Miketin has 400,000 followers on Instagram alone and has appeared on the cover of Maxim Magazine in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has been photographed with Zimmer in Cowboys gear and at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zimmer was previously married before his wife, Vikki, passed away at age 50 in 2009. The couple had three children together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rumors of Miketin and Zimmer dating began in 2020, when they were spotted at a Vikings game together. Miketin confirmed their romance shortly after.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c5b79c9f5395443f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93746401-14250911-image-a-75_1736037255741.jpg\" alt=\"Miketin has been photographed with Zimmer in Cowboys gear and at US Bank Stadium\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Miketin has been photographed with Zimmer in Cowboys gear and at US Bank Stadium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d312fb2f255545d8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93746397-14250911-image-a-74_1736037254045.jpg\" alt=\"Rumors of Miketin and Zimmer dating began when they were spotted at a game together\" width=\"634\" height=\"793\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rumors of Miketin and Zimmer dating began when they were spotted at a game together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b838fe2f75562459\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93746395-14250911-image-a-73_1736037251365.jpg\" alt=\"Miketin has previously revealed that her parents were 'immigrants from the former Yugoslavia'\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Miketin has previously revealed that her parents were &#8216;immigrants from the former Yugoslavia&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b081fff40fa79a0c\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/05\/00\/93746399-14250911-image-a-72_1736037240578.jpg\" alt=\"Based on other reports, Miketin is 42, which is more than two decades younger than Zimmer\" width=\"634\" height=\"793\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>6<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Based on other reports, Miketin is 42, which is more than two decades younger than Zimmer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">I know that I love you because your joy makes me happy, because your satisfaction satisfies me, because your sadness saddens me,&#8217; Miketin said in Croatian on social media. &#8216;Because your pain hurts me, because I am beautiful, because of your beauty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Because\u00a0I am good because of your kindness, because I love, because of your love and I know that you love me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Before announcing her engagement to Zimmer, Miketin does not have any mention of her fiancee on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now, the couple seemingly have a wedding to plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tagStyle_1bmarg5-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Zimmer called one of the most important plays of his life &#8211; getting down on one knee and asking stunning model girlfriend\u00a0Katarina Miketin to marry him&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Congratulations to Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer on his engagement to Katarina Miketin with a one-of-a-kind ring! 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