Hal McCoy is a former beat writer for the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), covering the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002 as the winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, which is awarded annually "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing." He has won 52 Ohio and national writing awards and was the first non-Cincinnati newsperson elected to the Cincinnati Journalists Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame and the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame. He has a stone on Dayton's Walk of Fame and the press box at Dayton's Howell Field is named the Hal McCoy Press Box. McCoy has been the Cincinnati BBWAA Chapter Chair 22 times and was the BBWAA national president in 1997. He is the third writer from the Dayton Daily News to win the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, joining Si Burick (1982) and Ritter Collett (1991). Residing in Englewood, Ohio, McCoy is an honors graduate in journalism from Kent State University.
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Saturday, 07 February 2026 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Blown Out At VCU

For the second time in three games, the University of Dayton Flyers were not only beat, and beat badly, coach Anthony Grant said the embarrassing 99-73 loss to Virginia Commonwealth, that his team is just playing and not competing.
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Wednesday, 04 February 2026 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Derkack’s Free Throws End UD’s Skid

The University of Dayton Flyers ended their four-game losing streak Tuesday night in UD Arena, 72-70, over St. Bonaventure, when Jordan Derkack bottomed out two free throws with :02.7 seconds left, then held its breath when a Bonnies three-point fling caromed off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
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Saturday, 31 January 2026 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Saint Louis Pours It On UD, 102-71

The Saint Louis Billikens proved they are more than for real when they crushed the University of Dayton Friday night in Chaifetz Arena, the Flyers fourth straight loss and the 15th straight win for the 21-1 Billikens, leaders o the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 9-0 record.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2026 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Miller Returns And Hands UD Third Straight Loss

Former University of Dayton coach Archie Miller now coaches Rhode Island and he brought the Rams to UD Arena Tuesday night and stunned the Flyers in overtime, 81-76, UD's third straight loss in Atlantic 10 Conference play after a 5-and-0 start.
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Saturday, 24 January 2026 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Endure Lost In Philly Four Days

The Dayton Flyers began a four-day trip to Philadelphia with a 5-and-0 record in the Atlantic 10 Conference, then were upset twice in four days at LaSalle (67-64) Wednesday and at St. Joseph's (81-74), a pair of defeats that put the Flyers in dire straits on the league standings.