EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)
                             (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a))

I,  Finis  F.  Teeter, Chief Executive Officer of American Homestar Corporation,
certify  that:

     1.   I  have  reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Homestar
          Corporation  for  the  year  ended  July  2,  2004;

     2.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  this  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  report;

     3.   Based  on  my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information  included  in  this 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
          report;

     4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
          establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  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  annual  report  is  being  prepared;

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

          (c)  Disclosed  in this report any change in the registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
          most  recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in
          the  case  of  an  annual  report)  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 officers 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
          registrant's  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          function):

          (a)  All  significant  deficiencies  and  material  weaknesses  in the
          design  or  operation  of  internal  controls 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:  September 16, 2004          /s/ Finis F. Teeter
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                                   Finis F. Teeter
                                   President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                   Director
                                   (Principal Executive Officer)


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