Ilias Kalopitas came back to AEK FC Academy after ten years to work as U19 team coach. The last decade he had been working as head coach in several teams of minor divisions (Rouf, Athinaikos, Trachones, Ionikos, Triglia, Egaleo, Kifissia). Meanwhile he became UEFA A licence holder.

After two years on the bench of AEK U19 he was promoted as Technical Director of AEK FC Academy.

He played football for more than a decade in the lower divisions along with his studies and his professional activity as a physical education teacher.