Academy Sports names Carl Ford as CFO, succeeding Michael Mullican

Academy Sports + Outdoors announced that Carl Ford has been promoted to Executive Vice President and CFO, effective July 12, 2023, succeeding Michael Mullican, who recently transitioned to President. In his new role, Ford will oversee Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Loss Prevention, Internal Audit, and Investor Relations. 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.