UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: November 8, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		001-31463 (Commission File No.)		16-1241537 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

300 Industry Drive, RIDC Park West
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(724) 273-3400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

     On November 10, 2009, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) (the “Company”) announced that effective November 8, 2009, Joseph R. Oliver, age 49, will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Oliver had been employed by the Company as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since February 2006, and as Director of Accounting of the Company since May 2000.

     There is no family relationship between Mr. Oliver and any other director or executive officer of the Company, and there are and have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or currently proposed, regarding Mr. Oliver that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.