Boyd Bros. Names Richard Bailey Chief Operating Officer; Tres Parker Promoted to Vice President of Operations; Aubrey Baugh Promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration.

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CLAYTON, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001

Gail B. Cooper, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. (Nasdaq/SmallCap: BOYD), today announced management promotions intended to strengthen the Company's operations. The first of these involves the creation of a new position of Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company. In its new management alignment, Richard C. Bailey (age 50), who is currently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors, will assume this additional role.

"As a member of our management team for nine years, and with tremendous practical knowledge of our business and industry, Richard Bailey presents excellent credentials and capabilities in assuming this new leadership position and directing the operations of Boyd Bros. Transportation," Cooper commented. "We have created this new position within our management structure to tap his operational skills and experience, which extend far beyond the financial arena, and we expect that his more direct involvement in Boyd Bros.' daily operations will allow me, as Chief Executive Officer, to focus additional time and attention on the strategic opportunities and issues facing our Company today. We are delighted to see Richard continue his advancement through the Company and we welcome his expanded contributions to our ongoing growth and development."

Adding his thoughts to the management changes, Bailey said, "I am excited to be a part of the team working to take Boyd Bros. to new levels of performance and capabilities. Over the past year, under Gail's leadership, we have put together a tremendous management team that has made basic philosophical changes in many areas of the Company. Realizing that the old management ways and methods do not work well today, our team has transformed this Company's management style by incorporating a philosophy that encourages our employees to work smarter and try new ideas. To support this philosophy, we are giving employees increased freedom and resources - including substantially more training for our non-driver staff - to accomplish greater things for their own personal development and satisfaction, to improve the services we provide for our customers, and to strive toward the greater potential that we all see for Boyd Bros. Transportation. I'm particularly proud of the turnaround at our Welborn subsidiary under the leadership of Steven Rumsey and Rendy Taylor, and I think overall this Company has accomplished a lot considering the weak economic and freight environment we face. I think these changes are now beginning to be seen in our improving operating performance, and I look forward to working alongside Gail and the Company's other senior executives to build on this positive momentum."

Bailey has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since joining Boyd Bros. in August 1992 and, in that capacity, played an essential role in the Company's initial public offering of common stock in 1994. He was named to the Company's Board in 1995 and became Executive Vice President in 1998. Bailey, a CPA, is a graduate of Georgia State University. Before joining the Company, he previously was President of Eastern Service Corporation, a 100-unit truckload dry van company, for several years. Prior to that, he held other financial positions with Snapper Power Equipment and the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young. He also has served on the Board of the University of Georgia Trucking Profitability Strategies Conference.

Cooper also announced two other promotions. Tres Parker (age 36) has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. In this position, he will oversee the Company's fleet managers, inside sales, terminals, auxiliary equipment, trailer inventories, driver relations, and logistics. Parker, who joined Boyd Bros. in 1989, has worked in the Company as a load planner, inside sales manager for all areas of the U.S., operations manager and, since 1999, as Director of Operations. He is a graduate of Troy State University with a B.S. degree in marketing.

Aubrey Baugh, III (age 33) has been promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration. Baugh, who joined Boyd Bros. as Controller in 1998, will be responsible for the Company's internal accounting functions and financial planning for the Company and its subsidiaries, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting, employee benefit programs, and will be involved with the Company's investor relations, banking and insurance programs. Prior to joining Boyd. Bros., he was with MedPartners, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was the Director of Budgeting. He also has held other financial positions with St. Clair Regional Hospital and was associated with the accounting firm of Burton, Canaday and Moore. Baugh, a CPA, is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College. He currently serves on the Accounting Principles Committee of the National Accounting and Finance Council (NAFC) of the American Trucking Association (ATA).

Concluding, Cooper added: "I am very pleased to recognize these individuals for their hard work and dedication to our company. They have contributed in important and meaningful ways to improving our operations, playing key roles in helping us maintain our keen focus on providing the highest levels of service to our customers. I am proud to be associated with each of them and grateful to have them as part of our management team."

Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. is one of the largest flatbed trucking companies in the United States. The Company provides transportation services to high-volume, time-sensitive customers, primarily in the steel and building materials industries, and operates throughout most of the continental United States. For more information about the Company, visit Boyd Bros. on the Internet at www.boydbros.com.

Certain of the statements contained in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, business conditions and growth in the economy, including the transportation and construction sectors in particular; competitive factors, including price pressures and the ability to recruit and retain qualified drivers; the ability to control internal costs, particularly rising fuel costs that may or may not be passed on to the Company's customers; departures and defaults by owner-operators; the cost of complying with governmental regulations that are applicable to the Company; costs associated with increased insurance and claims expenses; and other risk factors referenced in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.