


                                                                    Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      By their signatures hereon,  the directors  constitute and appoint Mark A.
Scudder,  Heidi Hornung Scherr,  and Joey B. Hogan, and each of them singly, our
true and lawful  attorneys and agents,  to do any and all things and acts in our
names and to execute any and all  instruments for us which said Mark A. Scudder,
Heidi Hornung  Scherr,  and Joey B. Hogan, or any of them, may deem necessary or
advisable to enable Covenant  Transport,  Inc. to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933,  as  amended,  and any  rules,  regulations,  and  requirements  of the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,   in  connection  with  the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8,  including  specifically,  but not limited to, power and
authority to sign for us or any of us in our names such  registration  statement
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto.


/s/ David R. Parker                       /s/ Michael W. Miller
David R. Parker                           Michael W. Miller

/s/ R. H. Lovin, Jr.                      /s/ Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
R. H. Lovin, Jr.                          Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.

/s/ Mark A. Scudder                       /s/ William T. Alt
Mark A. Scudder                           William T. Alt

/s/ Robert E. Bosworth
Robert E. Bosworth



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