Anthony Jermaine Sloan

Feb 25th, 1979 - March 8th, 2018

Anthony Sloan, born in Santa Barbara on Feb 25th,1979 passed away unexpectedly at his home in San Francisco on March 8th at the age of 39, after battling complications from a head injury sustained on July 15th, 2017.

He is survived by his wife Amanda Marie Reyes, their son Teo Reyes Sloan, his parents Adrienne Angela Mathewson and Alvin Sloan III, his sister Jessica Carranza, his half-siblings Jwanika Jones, D’Angelo Sloan, Aleda Sloan, and Aryhauna Sloan.

Anthony, otherwise known as “Coach Ant” or “Mr Ant” by his students, spent the majority of his professional career working in education and community organizing, most recently at Alvarado Elementary, GLO at Alvarado and SF Rec & Park, as a coach and sports coordinator. He founded Hoods to the Woods and championed the Tenderloin Community School skate club and the San Francisco Skate Club.

Anthony was an avid skateboarder and cyclist, a ravenous reader and writer, he had an appreciation for jazz and loved to paint and draw. Anthony had an irrefutable ability to bring people together, with his unmistakable smile, his warm charisma and his overwhelming compassion for his community. He will be dearly missed.

In lieu of flowers, there has been an education fund set up for Teo. Checks can be made payable to Alvarado Elementary PTA, please note Teo Reyes Sloan Fund in memo line, send to Alvarado Elementary PTA, 625 Douglass Street, San Francisco, CA 94114. Donations can be made online: http://tiny.cc/iqdvry