Securities And Exchange Commission

			    Washington, D.C.  20549




				   FORM 8-A

	       FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
		   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or 12(g) OF THE
			SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




			 HIBBETT SPORTING GOODS, INC.
	    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


		Alabama                         63-1074067
	(State of Incorporation              (I.R.S. Employer
	   or Organization)                 Identification no.)

		451 Industrial Lane
		Birmingham, Alabama                        35211
      (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip code)


                                                              
      If this Form relates to the                                             If this Form relates to the
      registration of a class of debt                                         registration of a class of debt
      securities and is effective upon filing                                 securities and is to become effective
      pursuant to General                                                     simultaneously with the
      Instruction A(c)(1) please check                                        effectiveness of a concurrent
      the following box.  [ ]                                                 registration statement under the
									      Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
									      General Instruction A(c)(2) please
									      check the following box.  [ ]



       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

					 Name of each exchange
	Title of each class               on which each class
	to be so registered               is to be registered
		None                             None


       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

		    Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
			       (Title of class)







Item 1.        Description of Registrant's Securities to be
Registered.

	       Reference is made to the section "Description of Capital Stock"
of the Registrant's Prospectus, constituting a part of the Registration
Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-07023 ("Registration Statement on
Form S-1") filed on June 27, 1996, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on July
16, 1996 and Amendment No. 2 filed on September 16, 1996 by the Registrant
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.        Exhibits.

					      Incorporated
						   by           Exhibit
		     Exhibits                 Reference to      Number
	  -------------------------------    --------------    ---------
1         Form of Specimen Certificate            ***             4.1
	  representing the Company's
	  Common Stock, par value
	  $.01 per share

2.1       Articles of Incorporation of            ***             3.1
	  the Company, as amended

2.2       By-laws of the Company, as              ***             3.2
          amended

2.3       Form of Certificate of                  ***             3.3
	  Incorporation (Delaware) of
	  the Company

2.4       Form of By-laws (Delaware)              ***             3.4
	  of the Comany

3.1       Stockholders Agreement dated             *            10.2.1
	  as of November 1, 1995
	  among The SK Equity Fund,
	  L.P., SK Investment fund,
	  L.P., the Company and
	  certain stockholders of the
	  Company named therein (the
	  "Stockholders Agreement)

3.2       Amendment No. 1 to the                  ***           10.2.2
	  Stockholders Agreement
	  dated as of June 28, 1996

3.3       Form of Amendment No. 2 to              ***           10.2.3
	  the Stockholders Agreement

4.1       Loan and Security Agreement              **           10.1.1
	  dated as of November 1,
	  1995 between the Company,
	  Hibbett Team Sales, Inc.
	  and Heller Financial, Inc.
	  (the "Heller Loan
	  Agreement")

4.2       Letter from Heller Financial,            **           10.1.2
	  Inc. to the Company dated
	  February 12, 1996 re:
	  certain waiver from the
	  Heller Loan Agreement

4.3       Waiver by Heller Financial,             ***           10.1.3
	  Inc. dated September 13, 1996

___________________

*        Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-07023)
	 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
	 on June 27, 1996.

**       Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
	 (Reg. No. 333-07023) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
	 Exchange Commission on July 16, 1996.

***      Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
	 (Reg. No. 333-07023) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
	 Exchange Commission on September 16, 1996.


				   SIGNATURE

	       Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.

September 24, 1996

				    HIBBETT SPORTING GOODS, INC.


				    By:/s/ Susan H. Fitzgibbon
					 Chief Financial Officer