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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Demetrious Maxie
| image = 2025, Coach Demetrious Maxie.jpg
| caption = Maxie with the [[Edmonton Elks]] in 2025
| 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]]<br>Defensive assistant
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 270
| college = [[UTEP Miners football|Texas-El Paso]]
| coaching_years1={{CFL Year|2016|2017}}
| coaching_team1=[[Edmonton Eskimos]]<br>([[Linebackers coach]])
| coaching_years2={{CFL Year|2018|2023}}
| coaching_team2=Edmonton Eskimos / Elks<br>([[Defensive line coach]])
| coaching_years3={{CFL Year|2024}}
| coaching_team3=[[Toronto Argonauts]]<br>(Defensive line coach)
| coaching_years4={{CFL Year|2025}}–present
| coaching_team4=Edmonton Elks<br>([[Special teams coordinator]],<br>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 =
* 4× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[83rd Grey Cup|1995]], [[84th Grey Cup|1996]], [[85th Grey Cup|1997]], [[111th Grey Cup|2024]])
* 2× CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|1999}}, {{CFL Year|2000}})
* [[CFL East]] All-Star ({{CFL Year|1999}})
* [[CFL West]] All-Star ({{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Toronto Argonauts===
On January 22, 2024, it was announced that Maxie had joined the [[Toronto Argonauts]] to serve as their defensive line coach.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Baltimore Stallions players]]
[[Category:Calgary Stampeders players]]
[[Category:Canadian football defensive linemen]]
[[Category:Edmonton Elks coaches]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Louisiana]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players]]
[[Category:Toronto Argonauts coaches]]
[[Category:Toronto Argonauts players]]
[[Category:UTEP Miners football players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Louisiana]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]


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