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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000940397-03-000164
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031113
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COACHMEN INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021212
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR HOMES [3716]
		IRS NUMBER:				351101097
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07160
		FILM NUMBER:		03997723

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2831 DEXTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ELKHART
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46514
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5742620123

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 3300
		STREET 2:		2831 DEXTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ELKHART
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46515
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): NOVEMBER 13, 2003
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                             COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   INDIANA                         1-7160                  35-1101097
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(State or other                 (Commission File          (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction                       Number)             Identification No.)
of incorporation)

2831 Dexter Drive
ELKHART, INDIANA                                                 46514
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(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (574) 262-0123
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

         On  November  13,  2003,  Coachmen  Industries,  Inc.  issued the press
release  attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference
herein.  This press  release  announced  the  Company's  Board of Directors  has
declared a $.06 per share regular quarterly dividend.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PROFORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

        (c)    EXHIBITS:

               99.1   Press Release dated November 13, 2003.




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                                    SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                  COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                  By: /s/ RICHARD M. LAVERS
                                      Richard M. Lavers, Executive Vice
                                      President, General Counsel and
                                      Secretary



Date: November 13, 2003

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NUMBER                       DESCRIPTION                       NUMBERED PAGE
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99.1                  Press Release dated November 13, 2003          5






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                                                                EXHIBIT 99.1


                            COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
           2831 Dexter Drive o P.O. Box 3300 o Elkhart, Indiana 46515
                        o 574/262-0123 o Fax 574/262-8823


                                  NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release, Friday, November 13, 2003

COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC. DECLARES REGULAR
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

ELKHART,  IND. - Coachmen Industries,  Inc. (NYSE: COA) today announced that its
Board of Directors  has declared a $0.06 per share regular  quarterly  dividend.
The dividend will be distributed on December 23, 2003 to  shareholders of record
as of December  2, 2003.  This is the 85th  consecutive  quarter  that  Coachmen
Industries  has  paid  dividends.  The  $0.06  rate is  unchanged  from the last
quarter.  Coachmen  Industries has  approximately  15.5 million shares of common
stock outstanding.

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.


For more information:
     Joseph P. Tomczak
     Executive Vice President and
     Chief Financial Officer
     574-262-0123

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