Sports managers in China are under a huge work stress: they are responsible for implementing the physical education reform, in addition to promoting students' physical and psychological health. This paper fully examines the strategies for sports managers to cope with the work stress and keep a healthy body and mind. First, 204 college sports managers were selected from eastern China's Anhui Province, and subjected to a Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire survey. The results were analysed

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... ased on the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and Mental Health Cognitive Scale. The results show that the sports managers, severely lacking physical exercise, were under medium-high work stress, satisfied with their jobs, and generally healthy in body and mind; work stress has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of sports managers; sports directly affect the physical health; coping strategies significantly regulates the relationship between stress and physical and mental health. Therefore, the sports managers are advised to participate in appropriate sports and make use of social support to alleviate work stress and improve their physical and mental health.