Academy Sports + Outdoors Names New CFO

Academy Sports + Outdoors has promoted Carl Ford as its executive vice president and chief financial officer effective July 12. He succeeds Michael Mullican, who recently transitioned to president. 

Ford has served as Academy's senior vice president, Finance since January 2019.  Prior to joining Academy, he served as vice president of Financial Planning & Analysis at Belk, Inc. where he spent 15 years.  During his time at Belk, he also served as the vice president of Internal Audit and held leadership roles in Accounting and Treasury. He also worked for Deloitte & Touche in its audit practice.  

"I am thrilled to announce the promotion of Carl Ford to Chief Financial Officer," said Mullican. "He has an incredible financial acumen and track record of driving positive results at Academy.  He played an integral role in helping us navigate the pandemic, achieve our previous long-range plan, as well as supporting our IPO and the development of our new long-range plan."

"I'm humbled and excited for the opportunity to lead our finance organization into the future," said Ford. "Under Michael's leadership, we developed a strong financial team, redefined business processes, and established Academy within the financial community.  The company has a strong balance sheet and solid cash flow to support our growth and create value for our shareholders."