Coachmen's First Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

ELKHART, Ind., April 22 -- Coachmen Industries, Inc. will provide an online, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its conference call for the 2003 first quarter and outlook on Tuesday, April 29, 2003.

The live broadcast of Coachmen's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.companyboardroom.com on April 29, 2003, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and continue for 30 days.

Coachmen Industries, Inc., founded in 1964, is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles with well-known brand names including COACHMEN(R), GEORGIE BOY(R), SHASTA(R) and VIKING(R). Coachmen Industries is also one of the largest systems-built home producers in the nation with its ALL AMERICAN HOMES(R) subsidiary. Modular commercial structures are manufactured by the Company's Miller Building Systems subsidiary. Prodesign, LLC is a subsidiary that custom thermoforms composite and plastic parts for numerous industries under the PRODESIGN(R) brand. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the COA ticker symbol.