He is currently the manager of Auchinleck Talbot with whom he has won the Scottish Junior Cup on seven occasions.
Born in Irvine, Sloan began his career at Junior level with his hometown club Annbank United.
After a single appearance for Stranraer as a trialist, he joined Ayr United for a spell before dropping back into Junior football with Annbank.
Sloan later moved to Ardrossan Winton Rovers, where he played alongside his son Tommy Jr.[2] With his playing career winding down, Sloan was assisting Campbell Money with youth coaching at Ayr United and turned down his first opportunity to become manager of Auchinleck.
[3] He eventually joined the club as player-coach in 2003 under Tam McDonald, and stepped up to the managers role the same year.