The purpose of this study was to determine how much influence academic stress had on pre-service teachers' learning motivation. Mixed methods with a sequential explanatory design were the methods used in the study, while the sample used in this study amounted to 155 pre-service teachers obtained using random sampling from the Department of Sports Coaching Education in 2019-2020 from Padang State University. The instruments in this study include a pre-service teacher motivation questionnaire and academic stress observation sheets and semi-open interviews. The data analysis used was descriptive and inferential. The results of academic stress and motivation obtained good results. This is reinforced by the relationship between academic stress and motivation and there is an influence between the two, with a contribution of 53.2%. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that pre-services need to be given more motivation from stakeholders related to sports to reduce pre-service academic stress.