Joseph M. Schmidt, currently EVP of operations and COO, will assume the role of president and COO for Dick’s Sporting Goods. The promotion will be effective Feb. 1, 2009, the beginning of the company’s 2009 fiscal year. Edward W. Stack will relinquish the title of president, but remain chairman and CEO.

 

Prior to serving as EVP of operations and COO, positions he has held since February 2008, Schmidt served as company SVP and VP of store operations, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

 

Effective Feb. 2, 2008, William J. Colombo stepped down as the company’s president and COO, and assumed the role of vice chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. At the time, Colombo’s prior responsibilities as president and COO were assumed by Schmidt, who added the additional title of COO but not president. At the time, Stack assumed the additional title of president.