For most people, teaching or coaching teenagers doesn't sound like the best way to spend a career. Former Middle Tennessee and Major League Baseball player Jason Maxwell couldn't imagine doing anything else, though.
After playing 12 years of professional baseball as a utility infielder, including stints with the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins, Maxwell started chasing his real calling: teaching the game he loves to kids.
"I've known I've wanted to be a coach all my life," he said. "I've had a lot of great role models, from high school to college with Coach [Steve] Peterson and Jim McGuire.