8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 report)   August 25, 2005

COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

INDIANA	1-7160	31-1101097
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2831 DEXTER DRIVE

ELKHART, INDIANA 46514

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(574) 262-0123

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01. Other Events

 On August 25, 2005, 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 that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a $.06 per share regular quarterly dividend.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) The following exhibit is furnished as a part of this Report:

99.1   Press Release dated August 25, 2005.  

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: August 25, 2005

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description	Sequentially Numbered Pages
99.1	Press Release dated August 25, 2005	4

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

2831 Dexter Drive • P.O. Box 3300 • Elkhart, Indiana 46515 • 574/262-0123 • Fax 574/262-8823

NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release, Thursday, August 25, 2005

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 October 5, 2005 to shareholders of record as of September 14, 2005. This is the 92nd consecutive quarter that Coachmen Industries has paid dividends. The $0.06 rate is unchanged from the last quarter. Coachmen Industries has approximately 15.8 million shares of common stock outstanding.

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^â, GEORGIE BOYÔ, SPORTSCOACH^â and VIKING^â. Through ALL AMERICAN HOMES^®, 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 SYSTEMSÔ and MILLER BUILDING SYSTEMSÔ products. Prodesign, LLC, produces custom composite and thermoformed plastic parts for numerousindustries under the PRODESIGN^â brand. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.

For more information:

Joseph P. Tomczak

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

574-262-0123

Jeffery A. Tryka, CFA

Director of Planning and Investor Relations

574-262-0123

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