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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Friday, 13 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Football Hopes To ‘Cook’ Up A PFL Title

Considered too short in high school to play quarterback in college, UD's Jack Cook has proved he's no worse, and no less a prospect than guys like Drew Brees and Kyle Murray.
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Football Team Will Ride ‘The (Jake) Chisholm Trail’

The guy you know the least about by season's end may be the one you know the most about regarding Dayton football.  Running back Jake Chisholm is short in stature, but his productive skills cast a long shadow. Hal McCoy writes about him in today's Press Pros.
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Friday, 06 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Hopes Football Flyers Match New Practice Facilities

On media day for University of Dayton football it was hard to tell what coach Rick Chamberlin was more excited about...football itself, or the new practice digs underway adjacent to UD Arena.  Both portend to be pretty nice. Hal McCoy writes for today's Press Pros.
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Friday, 06 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: UD’s Easterling Says PFL Title, NFL Career Possible

University of Dayton safety Brandon Easterling has his sights sets on football now, and some football later...and a PFL title in between to help make up for two years of lost time. Hal McCoy writes Flyer football for Press Pros.
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Thursday, 05 August 2021 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD’s Easterling Says PFL Title, NFL Career Possible

University of Dayton safety Brandon Easterling (below, in red) has his sights sets on football now, and some football later...and a PFL title in between to help make up for two years of lost time. Hal McCoy writes Flyer football for Press Pros.