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, 14 March 2026 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Survive Bonnies In A-10 Quarterfinals

'The Three Basketeers,' Javon Bennett, Jordan Derkack and Keonte Jones all did their individual things, the things they do the best, to lead the University of Dayton Flyers to a 68-63 win over St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament quarterfinals, moving them into Saturday's semifinals against Saint Louis.
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Saturday, 07 March 2026 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Statistics Lie As VCU Stops Dayton

Although the University of Dayton basketball team bested VCU in nearly every statistical category Friday night in UD Arena, the statistics lie as the Rams stopped the Flyers' six-game winning streak, 68-62.
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Tuesday, 03 March 2026 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Put Down Pesky Spiders

The University of Dayton secured a double bye in the Atlantic 10 tournament Tuesday with a hard to secure 65-60 victory at Richmond, lifting the Flyers overall record to 21-9 and their A-10 record to 12-5, good for third place with one game remaining, Friday night in UD Arena against VCU.
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Saturday, 28 February 2026 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Survives Rumble In D.C.

After taking a big first-half lead over George Washington, the University of Dayton Flyers needed two late free throws by Amaël L'Etang and a blocked shot by Keonte Jones in the dying seconds to secure their fifth straight win, 69-67, over the Revolutionaries.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2026 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Reap Revenge Over Saint Louis

After losing by 31 points at Saint Louis two weeks ago, the University of Dayton leaped to a 40-15 lead late in the first half on its way to a revenge win, 77-62.  The Flyers fourth straight win, all by double digits.