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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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.
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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.