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, 20 December 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Liberty Ends UD’s Home Winning Streak

Liberty University made a 426-mile bus trip from Lynchburg, Va. to Dayton worthwhile by beating the University of Dayton Flyers, 64-61, Saturday afternoon in UD Arena, concluding Dayton's 33-game winning streak against non-conference opponents in UD Arena, the self-proclaimed Epicenter of College Basketball.
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD’s ‘Squatter’s Rights’ Pay Off At Foul Line

The University of Dayton spent an eternity at the foul line Tuesday night in UD Arena as Florida State was whistled 31 times for fouls and the Flyers made 40 of 47 to hand the Seminoles a fifth straight loss, 97-69 and lift UD's record to 9-3 with one game remaining before Atlantic 10 play begins.
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Saturday, 13 December 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Put A ‘Dunking’ On North Florida

University of Dayton basketball legend Obi Toppin was in UD Arena Saturday for his induction into the school's athletic hall of fame and the current Flyers put on a dunk show in his honor during an 84-61 mauling of overmatched Northern Florida.
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Saturday, 06 December 2025 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Suffer White-Out Against Virginia

The University of Dayton Flyers basketball team gave the University of Virginia a strong first-half argument, but white-hot shooting from a bald guy with a headband spelled doom for Dayton in the second half.
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Saturday, 29 November 2025 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Fall Just Short Of Upsetting BYU

After playing a near-perfect first half, the University of Dayton Flyers watched Brigham Young outscore them, 22-2, to start the second half and a take a 13-point lead.  But UD rallied to tie it late in the game only to suffer a 83-79 loss to the nation's No. 9 team.