Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers



In order to create a more efficient operating structure and focus on key
strategic priorities, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the "Company") is
eliminating the Chief Operating Officer position. As a result, Kenneth D.
Attaway, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company,
will cease to serve in that role and will terminate employment with the Company,
effective on January 29, 2021. As part of this leadership transition,
responsibilities currently under the Chief Operating Officer role will be
assumed by other senior employees, including Michael P. Mullican, the Company's
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Sam J. Johnson, the
Company's Executive Vice President of Retail Operations, effective on January
29, 2021. In connection with their assumption of such additional
responsibilities and their annual base salary increases, Mr. Mullican's base
salary will be increased from $508,000 to $570,000 and Mr. Johnson's base salary
will be increased from $498,500 to $527,500.

On January 19, 2021, the Company entered into a Separation and Release Agreement
(the "Separation Agreement") with Mr. Attaway, which provides that Mr. Attaway's
employment with the Company will end as of January 29, 2021. The Separation
Agreement provides that Mr. Attaway will receive those separation payments and
benefits that he is entitled to receive under his previously filed employment
agreement in respect of a termination without cause, except that, in lieu of
providing Mr. Attaway the pro-rated portion of his annual bonus under the
Company's 2019 Annual Incentive Plan, the Company has agreed to pay Mr. Attaway
the bonus that would have been earned under the Company's Annual Incentive Plan
for fiscal 2020. Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Mr. Attaway will be
subject to customary confidentiality and restrictive covenant provisions,
including non-disparagement, non-competition and non-solicitation.

The foregoing summary of the Separation Agreement is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed as
Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events

In connection with the leadership transition described above, effective on January 29, 2021, Sherry Harriman, the Company's Senior Vice President, Logistics & Supply Chain, will report directly to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and will be an executive officer of the Company.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the signature page hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.


       Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit


  10.1                                 Separation and Release Agreement,

dated as of January 19, 2021, between

Academy Managing Co., L.L.C. and Kenneth D. Attaway

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