Baseball team of the University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC Flames Founded 1949 (1949 ) Conference history University University of Illinois at Chicago Athletic director Michael Lipitz Head coach Sean McDermott (3rd season)Conference MVC Location Chicago, Illinois Home stadium Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium (Capacity: 1,000)Nickname Flames Colors Navy blue and fire engine red[1] 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019 1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
The UIC Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois , United States.[2] The team is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . The team plays its home games at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago , Illinois . The Flames are coached by Sean McDermott and assisted by hitting coach Jimmy “no hips” Frankos.
Conference membership history [ edit ] Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium [ edit ] Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball stadium on the UIC campus in Chicago , Illinois that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller , UIC head baseball coach from 1949 to 1979, and Curtis Granderson , an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball .[3] [4]
Head coaches [ edit ] Year(s) Coach Seasons W–L–T Pct 1949–1979 Les Miller 31 509–363–5 .583 1980–1982 Dick Ward 3 47–102 .315 1983–1998 Dean Refakes 16 376–467–3 .446 1999–2021 Mike Dee 23 690–522–1 .569 2022–present Sean McDermott 1 22–25 .468 Totals 5 74 1,644–1,479–8 .526
Awards and honors [ edit ] Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team. Horizon League Player of the Year [ edit ] Year Position Name 2002 OF Curtis Granderson 2013 OF Chuck Peters 2015 SS Jeff Boehm 2017 C Rob Calabrese
Horizon League Pitcher of the Year [ edit ] Year Name 1994 Jon Piazza 1997 Jason Henry 2007 Zach Peterson 2009 Adam Worthington 2015 Jake Dahlberg 2017 Jake Dahlberg 2018 Ryan Campbell 2019 Jacob Key
Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year [ edit ] Year Name 2007 David Cales 2008 Adam Worthington 2016 Trevor Lane 2017 Alex Padilla 2018 Charlie Cerny 2019 Alex Padilla
Horizon League Coach of the Year [ edit ] Year Name 1990 Dean Refakes 1993 Dean Refakes 1999 Mike Dee 2000 Mike Dee 2002 Mike Dee 2003 Mike Dee 2005 Mike Dee 2006 Mike Dee 2007 Mike Dee 2008 Mike Dee 2015 Mike Dee 2017 Mike Dee
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