West Virginia Wesleyan College Athletics

Derek Sloan was officially named as the head coach of the West Virginia Wesleyan men's basketball program on Sept. 15, 2021. He spent two seasons as an assistant coach on previous WVWC head coach Nick Patella's staff and was appointed as the interim head coach on Aug. 10, 2021. 

In 2018, Sloan served as an assistant basketball coach at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind. The Cleveland, Ohio native was a member of the Cleveland State University men's basketball team from 2013-2018 as he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration.