Demetrious Maxie

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL biography

| name = Demetrious Maxie

| image = 2023, Coach Demetrious Maxie.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Maxie with the Edmonton Elks in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|18}}

| birth_place = Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| team = Edmonton Elks

| number =

| import = yes

| position1 = Special teams coordinator
Defensive assistant

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 270

| college = Texas-El Paso

| coaching_years1={{CFL Year|2016|2017}}

| coaching_team1=Edmonton Eskimos
(Linebackers coach)

| coaching_years2={{CFL Year|2018|2023}}

| coaching_team2=Edmonton Eskimos / Elks
(Defensive line coach)

| coaching_years3={{CFL Year|2024}}

| coaching_team3=Toronto Argonauts
(Defensive line coach)

| coaching_years4={{CFL Year|2025}}–present

| coaching_team4=Edmonton Elks
(Special teams coordinator,
Defensive assistant)

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1995}}

| playing_team1 = Baltimore Stallions

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1996}}

| playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1996|1999}}

| playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|2000|2001}}

| playing_team4 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2002}}

| playing_team5 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2003|2007}}

| playing_team6 = Calgary Stampeders

| career_highlights =

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1999}}, {{CFL Year|2000}}

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1999}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|2000}}

| CFL-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20111106001548/http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/48

}}

Demetrious Maxie (born October 18, 1973) is the special teams coordinator and defensive assistant for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former professional gridiron football defensive end.

Professional career

While playing with the Baltimore Stallions, Maxie won the only Grey Cup by a non-Canadian team, and followed with two wins with the Toronto Argonauts.

Coaching career

=Edmonton Eskimos / Elks (first stint)=

Maxie first served as the linebackers coach for the Edmonton Eskimos in 2016. He then moved to the defensive line in 2018 and served in that capacity until 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/football-operations/demetrious-maxie/|title=Demetrious Maxie - Edmonton Elks|website=Go Elks|language=en|access-date=2022-08-15}}

=Toronto Argonauts=

On January 22, 2024, it was announced that Maxie had joined the Toronto Argonauts to serve as their defensive line coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2024/01/22/double-blue-welcome-demetrious-maxie-dominic-picard-to-coaching-staff/ |title=Double Blue welcome Demetrious Maxie and Dominic Picard to coaching staff |publisher=Toronto Argonauts |date=January 22, 2024}} He won the 111th Grey Cup in his first year with the Argonauts.

=Edmonton Elks (second stint)=

On January 10, 2025, the Edmonton Elks announced that Maxie was named the team's special teams coordinator and defensive assistant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.goelks.com/2025/01/10/elks-announce-2025-coaching-staff/ |title=Elks announce 2025 Coaching Staff |publisher=Edmonton Elks |date=January 10, 2025}}

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