Daktronics (DAKT) 10-K 2009 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of James B. Morgan and William R. Retterath, with full power to each act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Daktronics, Inc. (the “Company”) for the Company's fiscal year ended May 2, 2009, and any or all amendments to said Annual Report, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to file the same with such other authorities as necessary, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons on the dates indicated below their names.

Signature Title Date

By /s/ Byron J. Anderson Director June 17, 2009

Byron J. Anderson

By /s/ Robert G. Dutcher Director June 17, 2009

Robert G. Dutcher

By /s/ Nancy D. Frame Director June 17, 2009

Nancy D. Frame

By /s/ Aelred J. Kurtenbach Director June 17, 2009

Aelred J. Kurtenbach

By /s/ Frank J. Kurtenbach Director June 17, 2009

Frank J. Kurtenbach

By /s/ James B. Morgan Director June 17, 2009

James B. Morgan

By /s/ John L. Mulligan Director June 17, 2009

John L. Mulligan

By /s/ Duane E. Sander Director June 17, 2009

Duane E. Sander

By /s/ James A. Vellenga Director June 17, 2009

James A. Vellenga