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, 08 January 2022 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Bounce Back, Chop Down George Washington

The Flyers heard coach Anthony Grant loud and clear.  Play harder, share the ball, take care of the ball...and compete.  The message resulted in a Saturday blowout road win over George Washington. Hal McCoy writes the story for weekend Press Pros.
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Wednesday, 05 January 2022 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Fall To VCU On Late Three-Pointer, 53-52

They had their opportunities throughout, and it should never have come to the final shot.  But VCU burned Dayton with a three-point shot with seven seconds remaining (below) to break the Flyers' hearts...and send a capacity crowd mumbling to their cars. Hal McCoy writes the story for Press Pros.
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Wednesday, 22 December 2021 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Survive Late Furious Southern Rally To Win

The University of Dayton Flyers constructed a 20-point lead with six minutes left, 61-41, Tuesday at UD Arena, then had to fend off a 17-1 run over a five-minute span by the Southern University Jaguars as guard Kobe Elvis hit a fast break reverse layup in the final two minutes to stop the rally and preserve Dayton's eighth win against five losses in nonconference play. Read Hal McCoy.
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Sunday, 19 December 2021 / Published in Home Features

McCoy: Too Many Turnovers, Not Enough Points For UD

The University of Dayton Flyers traveled to Oxford, Miss. for only their second true road game of the season and lost to Ole Miss, 76-68, giving the game away by committing 19 turnovers that stifled the Flyers on the offensive end and dropped the record to 7-5 after they had won six of their previous seven games. Read Hal McCoy.
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Saturday, 18 December 2021 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Too Many Turnovers Not Enough Points For UD

The University of Dayton Flyers traveled to Oxford, Miss. for only their second true road game of the season and lost to Ole Miss, 76-68, giving the game away by committing 19 turnovers that stifled the Flyers on the offensive end and dropped the record to 7-5 after they had won six of their previous seven games. Read Hal McCoy.