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 21,
2009





COACHMEN
INDUSTRIES, INC.


(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)





INDIANA
            
            1-7160
            
            35-1101097(State
      or other jurisdiction
            
            (Commission
      File Number)
            
            (I.R.S.
      Employerof
      incorporation or organization)
            
            
            
            Identification
      No.)2831
      Dexter Drive, Elkhart, Indiana
            
            
            
            46514(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
            
            
            
            (Zip
      Code)(574)
      266-2500(Registrant’s
      telephone number,including
      area code)N /
      A(Former
      Name or Former Address,if
      Changed Since Last Report)





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ITEM
1.01  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT





On
November 21, 2009, Coachmen Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) and Wick Building
Systems, Inc. (“Wick”) entered into a license agreement whereby the Company
acquired a perpetual license to utilize certain Wick floor plans and designs in
the manufacture and sale of modular homes.  The terms of the license
require the Company to pay Wick a royalty for any home utilizing a Wick design
that is sold to any third party, and further provides for a royalty for any sale
of any non-Wick design product made by the Company to one of Wick’s independent
builders.








ITEM
8.01  OTHER EVENTS





On
November 25, 2009, the Company 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 had entered into the license agreement with Wick that
is more fully described in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K.











ITEM
9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS





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





99.1
Press Release dated November 25, 2009





SIGNATURE





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





COACHMEN
INDUSTRIES, INC.








Date:
            November
      25, 2009
            
            By:
            /s/
      James T. HoldenJames
      T. Holden, SecretaryPrinted
      Name and Title