The Heartland Dads Redefining What It Means to Lead a Conservative Family
June 19, 2026
As an NFL fullback, Patrick DiMarco faced linebackers the size of French Door fridges. But his toughest role yet, he says, is as a husband and father.
DiMarco, who now runs a sports-performance company in Columbia, S.C., starts his days reading the Bible before scrambling eggs for his two girls and two boys, aged 4 to 10, and driving them to school. In the evenings he shoots hoops and kicks soccer balls with them in the backyard, and splits the unfun stuff—cleaning, laundry, diaper duties—with his wife, Kirstin, 36, a stay-at-home mom. Mom and Dad dispense strict Christian teachings as they go.
