The Miami Hurricanes baseball team is the college baseball program that represents the University of Miami. Since 1973, the program has been one of college baseball's elite,[citation needed] winning four national championships (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001) and advancing to the NCAA regionals a record 37 consecutive years. Along with the university's other athletic teams, the baseball team became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2004-05 academic year. Previously, the baseball program competed as an independent, even during the school's Big East affiliation in other sports. Miami won its first ever conference championship in baseball when it captured the 2008 ACC Baseball Championship. The Hurricanes play in Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, on the UM campus, in Coral Gables, Florida. Since 1994, the team has been under the leadership of head coach Jim Morris.