Coachmen's Third Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

MIDDLEBURY, Ind., October 15, 2008: Coachmen Industries, Inc. will release its 2008 third quarter financial results after the close of trading on Monday, October 27, 2008. The Company will also hold a conference call and real-time webcast to discuss the third quarter results and outlook on Tuesday, October 28, 2008.

The live broadcast of Coachmen's quarterly conference call will be available online at COACHMEN on October 28, 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), ADRENALINE(TM) and VIKING(R). Through ALL AMERICAN HOMES(R) and MOD-U-KRAF(R), the Company is one of the nation's largest producers of systems-built homes, and also a major builder of commercial and multi-family residential structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) products. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.