Ilya Orlov was named the Varsity Blues full-time soccer head coach in January, 2019 after serving as the team's lead assistant coach for the previous four seasons. During that time, he helped the Blues to two OUA bronze-medal finishes and two national championship berths.
In 2025, Orlov led the Blues to their 51
st championship in program history with a 2-0 win over York at Varsity Stadium in the OUA gold medal match.
From December 2015 to October 2017, Orlov was the League1 assistant coach and under 21 head coach for the North Toronto Soccer Club and is currently the head coach of the Alliance United Football Club in League1.
He was the youth performance centre coach with FC Union Berlin in Germany in 2017 and attended international internships with Fulham FC in London and Korono Kielce in Poland in 2016, as well as Feyenoord Rotterdam in Holland in 2015 and KUPS FC in Finland in 2014.
Orlov holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from York University. While at York, he was twice named an OUA first team all-star, helped the Lions to the 2010 national championship title and represented Canada at the FISU Summer Universiade in Shenzen, China.
Ilya Orlov Coaching Record at U of T
*as of November 2025 - updated following each season.
| Season |
Regular Season |
Playoffs |
Exhibition |
Overall |
|
|
|
W |
L |
T |
W |
L |
W |
L |
T |
W |
L |
T |
| 2025 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
| 2024 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
| 2023 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
| 2022 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
| 2021 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
| 2020 |
No Season - COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
| TOTAL: |
45 |
15 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
53 |
25 |
15 |
