[1] O'Loughlin played for Cliftonville reserves and Larne in Northern Ireland.
In 2009, he was named head coach of the Democratic Republic of Congo club AS Vita[2] and brought them to the quarter-final of the CAF Cup.
He came back to AS Vita for the 2011 season and qualified them for the CAF Champions League.
[4] On 24 May 2019, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise confirmed that O'Loughlin had joined the club as the new sporting director.
[5] As Sporting Director, O’Loughlin guided RUSG to promotion to the top tier of Belgian football in the 2020/2021 season.