Career
He is currently a youth coach for South Carolina Delegate Sol Soccer Club in the United States, having previously played for, and Dundee United, and coached Greenock Morton and United States side Sereno Golden Eagles. Despite his injuries, Maxwell stretched to tip a fierce goal bound shot from Dundee United defender (and future manager) Maurice Malpas over the bar with two minutes of extra time remaining, to ensure ran out 4-3 winners. After a playing loan spell in England with Bolton Wanderers, and one in Scotland with Clydebank, Maxwell moved to, where he picked up a Scottish League Cup winners" medal and a Scottish Cup runners-up medal, as Dundee United gained revenge for Maxwell"s heroics three years previously.
Maxwell then moved to Dundee United and spent three seasons at Tannadice, although the majority of his games came in his first season.
A move to Greenock Morton followed. Although present in several Scotland squads, Maxwell never received a cap.
He did, however, play in the first half of a Scotland B international against Wales at Wrexham in 1994. He was briefly a goalkeeping coach at Hamilton Academical, after managing Morton in 2001.
A Union of European Football Associations "A" licensed professional coach, he now resides in the United States.
He currently works as the goalkeeping coach at South Carolina Delegate Sol in Arizona, where he has been since 2008.