Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) 10-Q 2021 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended October 30, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael P. Mullican, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods presented therein.

/s/	MICHAEL P. MULLICAN	Date:	December 10, 2021
Michael P. Mullican
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)