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.
Sunday, 20 March 2022 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD’s NIT Journey Ends In Overtime Loss To Vanderbilt

UD gets victimized by genetics, injury, and the overtime yip, losing to Vanderbilt to end their season and NIT experience.

McCoy: UD Survives Scare From UMass, In A-10 Tourney

Saturday, 12 March 2022 / Published in UD, UD Feature
Saturday, 05 March 2022 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: ‘True Grit’ Flyers Flush Davidson, 82-76

DaRon Holmes scored 20, the Flyers hung tough, played tough, and were rewarded with a memorable 82-76 win over A-10 regular-season champion Davidson Saturday at UD Arena. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
Wednesday, 02 March 2022 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Blakney’s Last-Second Dunk Beats Richmond

The Flyers atone for that ugly loss at LaSalle with a thriller...a last-second road win over Richmond, courtesy of an R.J. Blakney dunk at the buzzer to win the game in regulation. Read Hal McCoy in Wednesday's Press Pros.
Saturday, 26 February 2022 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Blow 15-Point Lead, Lose To LaSalle

A heavily-favored University of Dayton team, facing 7-18 LaSalle, built an 11-point halftime lead and owned a 15-point lead early in the second half, but saw the Explorers go on a 17-0 run to upset the Flyers, 62-60, costing them a chance at the Atlantic 10 regular season championship.