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.

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UIC Flames
2024 UIC Flames baseball team
Founded	1949 (1949)
Conference history	Mid Continent Conference (1984–1994) Horizon League (1995–2022)
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]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
Regular season conference champions
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017

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• 1949–1980: Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
• 1981–1983: Independent
• 1984–1994: Mid Continent Conference
• 1995–2022: Horizon League
• 2023–present: Missouri Valley Conference

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]

• Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team.

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs