The coupling and coordination relationship between vegetation and soil can be used to measure the degree of coherence and coordination of the ecosystem. This study was conducted in the low hilly area at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, Lincheng County, Hebei Province, taking four vegetation-soil systems with different managements as research objects, including native shrub-herbs land, unmanaged walnut plantation, walnut plantation with a removal of shrub-herbs, and walnut plantation with a removal of shrub-herbs and fertilization. The evaluation index system included four plant factors, i.e., Shannon-Wiener, Simpson, Margalef, and Pielou index, and seven soil factors, i.e., soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, total potassium, pH, electrical conductivity, and water content. The weight value of each index was determined by an analytic hierarchy process and entropy method, and the model for the degree of coupling coordination between vegetation and soil was constructed. The results showed that:(1) under different managements, all the plant and soil factors were significantly different (P<0.05), except for the vegetation Pielou index. (2) Soil organic carbon was positively correlated with vegetation Simpson index (P<0.05), but negatively correlated with vegetation Shannon-Wiener, Pielou and Margalef indices (P<0.05). Soil total nitrogen was negatively correlated with vegetation Shannon-Wiener and Margalef indices (P<0.05). (3) The coordination degree of the vegetation-soil system under different managements was generally in a dysfunctional developmental state. The native shrub-herbs land was severely dysfunctional of synchronous vegetation-soil development. Unmanaged walnut plantation and the walnut plantation with a removal of shrub-herbs and fertilization belonged to the soil lagged behind vegetation development type of the moderately dysfunctional developmental pattern. The walnut plantation with a removal of shrub-herbs belonged to the vegetation lagged behind soil development type of the mildly dysfunctional developmental pattern. In conclusion, removing shrub-herbs under walnut plantations was conducive to improving the coordination of vegetation-soil systems, but it did not yet reach the optimum coordination.