CERTIFICATION

         I, David R. Parker, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 2003, of Covenant Transport, Inc.;

         2. Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any
untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary
to make the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances  under which such
statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information  included in this quarterly  report,  fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition,  results of operations,  and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4. The registrant's  other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing  and  maintaining   disclosure  controls  and  procedures  for  the
registrant and we have:

                  a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
         such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to be  designed  under our
         supervision,  to  ensure  that  material  information  relating  to the
         registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to
         us by others within those entities,  particularly  during the period in
         which this quarterly report is being prepared;

                  b. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure
         controls and  procedures  and  presented in this  quarterly  report our
         conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls and
         procedures,  as of the end of the  period  covered  by  this  quarterly
         report based on such evaluation; and

                  c.  disclosed  in this  quarterly  report  any  change  in the
         registrant's  internal  control over financial  reporting that occurred
         during the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
         affected,   or  is  reasonably   likely  to  materially   affect,   the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

         5. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I have  disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to  the  registrant's  auditors  and  the  audit  committee  of  the
registrant's board of directors:

                  a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
         design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting which
         are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to
         record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

                  b.  any  fraud,   whether  or  not  material,   that  involves
         management  or  other  employees  who  have a  significant  role in the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: October 27, 2003              /s/ David R. Parker
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                                    David R. Parker
                                    Chief Executive Officer