A former 49er defensive back himself, Maxie’s NFL tenure never took him outside the NFC West. While he never took center stage at the position, having Merton Hanks and Tim McDonald playing ahead of him, Maxie gave one-hundred-ten percent on the field. When he retired, he never really left football either. He originally was the defensive quality control coach for his former team, the Panthers, and then was a mainstay as an interim coach for the 49ers in their off-season mini and training camps four years ago. The 49ers typically have these off-season coaches to assist with the influx of many new players, and to help them get up to speed at their respective positions. You could think of them as ‘tutors’ working in the 49ers system.

Maxie made the move to full time coach three seasons ago when he became the assistant defensive secondary coach, and has done a very good job at the position. His coaching advanced so great last season, that he was practically running the defensive backfield, but didn’t have the title to show for it. He has been responsible for the development of Plummer, Webster, Keith (whose been injured) and Ronnie Heard. He will obviously have a big hand in working with Mike Rumph this season too.