Item 5.02 Departure Of Directors Or Certain Officers; Election Of Directors;
Appointment Of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements Of Certain Officers.

On January 2, 2013, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (the "Company") elected Vincent C. Byrd to serve as a member of the Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Byrd is an active Fortune 500 executive that brings to the Board over 35 years of experience with strategic planning, acquisitions and integration, marketing and domestic and international operations. Mr. Byrd will serve as a Class A Director, with his current term expiring at the Company's 2015 annual stockholders' meeting. The Board has determined that Mr. Byrd qualifies as an "independent director" under the New York Stock Exchange rules.

Mr. Byrd has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM), a manufacturer and marketer of branded food products ("J. M. Smucker"), since May 2011. Prior to that time, he served as President, U.S. Retail - Coffee of J. M. Smucker since August 2008, and Senior Vice President, Consumer Market, since February 2004. Mr. Byrd also serves as a director of J. M. Smucker and a director and the chair of the compensation committee of Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE), an international manufacturer of polymer products for industrial, agricultural, automotive, commercial, and consumer markets. He also served as a director of Spangler Candy Company, a private company that manufactures confectionery products, from 1998 to 2008.

In connection with his appointment to the Board, and consistent with the Board's compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, Mr. Byrd: (1) was granted an option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock based on the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time of grant, which vests 25% on each of the next four anniversaries of the grant date, subject to continued service on the Board on the applicable vesting date; and (2) will be eligible to receive the Company's standard annual compensation for non-employee directors, which includes a grant of restricted stock, a cash retainer and reimbursement of expenses.

There were no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Byrd and any other person pursuant to his election as a director, and there are and have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, or currently proposed, regarding Mr. Byrd that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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