Often cited as one of the very best European point guards of his generation, he is widely recognized as the greatest Estonian basketball player in history.

He won the Soviet Union League title in 1991 with Kalev Tallinn, and ended his career as a player in 1997, after playing a season with Aris in Greece.

[3] After his playing career, Sokk founded a basketball school in Estonia (Tiit Soku Korvpallikool), and coached in the Estonian Basketball League.

He also was head coach of the Estonia national team during two different stints from 2004–2007 and 2009–2019.

Tiit Sokk has two sons, Tanel and Sten, who also play professional basketball at the international level for Estonian teams BC Tartu and Kalev/Cramo respectively.