Coachmen's Second Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

ELKHART, Ind., July 11 -- Coachmen Industries, Inc. will release its 2005 second quarter financial results after the close of trading on Monday, July 25, 2005. The Company will also hold a conference call and real-time webcast to discuss the second quarter results and outlook on Tuesday, July 26, 2005.

The live broadcast of Coachmen's quarterly conference call will be available online at http://www.earnings.com/ on July 26, 2005, 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. is one of America's leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles, systems-built homes and commercial buildings, with prominent subsidiaries in each industry. The Company's well-known RV brand names include COACHMEN(R), GEORGIE BOY(TM), SPORTSCOACH(R) and VIKING(R). Through ALL AMERICAN HOMES(R), Coachmen is one of the nation's largest producers of systems-built homes, and also a major builder of commercial structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) and MILLER BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) products. Prodesign, LLC, produces custom composite and thermoformed 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 ticker COA.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ materially from that projected or suggested due to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the potential fluctuations in the Company's operating results, the availability for floorplan financing for the Company's recreational vehicle dealers and corresponding availability of cash to Company, overcapacity and discounting in the recreational vehicle industry, the impact of performance on the valuation of intangible assets, the availability and the price of gasoline, price volatility of raw materials used in production, the Company's dependence on chassis and appliance suppliers, interest rates, the availability and cost of real estate for residential housing, the ability of the Housing and Building segment to perform in new market segments where it has limited experience, adverse weather conditions affecting home deliveries, competition, government regulations, legislation governing the relationships of the Company with its recreational vehicle dealers, consolidation of distribution channels in the recreational vehicle industry, consumer confidence, further developments in the war on terrorism and related international crises, oil supplies, and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings.