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, 26 October 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: San Diego Ignores Rain To Rip Flyers, 50-38

Adam Trautman caught only three passes and UD was without No. 1 running back Sean Prophit. Translation: Jake Chisolm was a more than capable stand-in, but the Flyers couldn't stop a potent San Diego attack Saturday at Welcome. Read Hal McCoy's accout in today's Press Pros.
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: San Diego Ignores Rain To Rip Flyers, 50-38

Adam Trautman caught only three passes and UD was without No. 1 running back Sean Prophit. Translation: Jake Chisolm (below) was a more than capable stand-in, but the Flyers couldn't stop a potent San Diego attack Saturday at Welcome. Read Hal McCoy's accout in today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 20 October 2019 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Nestor, Injuries, And Stetson All Problems…Too Much For UD

Hurricane conditions and a well-prepared football team spelled doom for the UD Flyers...as the Stetson Hatters applied both in UD’s 38-21 Pioneer Football League defeat Saturday in Deland, Florida. Read Hal McCoy in today's Press Pros.
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Saturday, 12 October 2019 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Defense Struggles, But ‘O’ Carries UD Past Valpo

Another week and another record for Adam Trautman (below)...Dayton gives up more yards and points than they would have liked, but for good reason.  Nonetheless, the Flyers improved to 4 and 1 with a win in Indiana over Valparaiso. Hal McCoy writes the story in today's Press Pro feature.
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Monday, 07 October 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

UD’s Trautman Record Setting, Flyers Rip Jacksonville

Tight end Adam Trautman became the all-time leader in pass receptions, and quarterback Jack Cook set a record for most TDs in a game. Aside from that, all the Flyers was send Jacksonville back to Florida with a 28-point loss. Hal McCoy writes the story for today's Press Pros.