83 EXHIBIT 99.2 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Coachmen Industries, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report") I, Joseph P. Tomczak, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that , based on my knowledge: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period(s) covered in the Report. By: /S/ JOSEPH P. TOMCZAK --------------------- Joseph P. Tomczak Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: March 28, 2003