CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



Board of Directors
Covenant Transport, Inc.


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  registration  statement of
Covenant  Transport,  Inc. on Form S-8 (File No.  33-88686)  of our report dated
January 31, 1998,  on our audits of the  consolidated  financial  statements  of
Covenant Transport,  Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1997, and
for each of the years in the three-year  period ended  December 31, 1997,  which
report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.




                                             COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Knoxville, Tennessee
March     , 1998