After having player his junior career with Perth, Maher was the 21st selection in the 1997 AFL rookie draft.
Maher was elevated from the rookie list midway through the 1998 AFL season, but suffered a bad knee injury in his third AFL game, Round 17, 1998 against Adelaide at Subiaco Oval. Maher would play two more AFL games late in 1999 but could not regain his form and was delisted after not playing an AFL game in 2000. In 2008 and 2009 Maher was the reserves coach at the Perth Football Club in the WAFL.
Limerick were back on level terms by the 23rd minute after Paul Maher and Naughton raised white flags that left the score at 1-06 apiece ... Siochru for O’Hagan (65), D Murray for Maher (73', blood sub).
In its third season under Jim Maher, the Lawrence Cardinals will look to continue their winning ways with another talented group that has just three seniors ...Head Coach — Jim Maher (third season).