Do I qualify to be an online coach on chess.com?

I want to be a coach, but am not sure if I am old enough. I play in chess-in-the-schools tournaments (it's a chess organization for students in NYC) and I am in the reserve section (under 1500) and my uscf rating is 1331. I played in the k-12 u1200 section at nationals (i played all high schoolers) and got 5 out of 7 points. And at the New York State championships i played in the high school reserve section (all high schooers again) and it was u1200 or u1250, and got 4 out of 6, but had bad tiebreaks and didnt get a trophy. Basically, i have ots of national, state, and citywide tournament experience, and i am kind of underrated

No,

If you were at least 1960-2050 and you paid your dues you'd be able to help out other players with their chess but your a rank beginner you should be the one hiring a coach for one on one lessons.

Why not?  You wouldn't be the first to offer your services here with a low rating, and no, you wouldn't be the first kid to do so either.  I found someone with USCF rating of 520 proudly offering his services as a coach....

Must be an ego thing so you can tell your friends you're a coach and invite them to look you up on chess.com to prove it.

thanks for the info guys

I've been coaching people all over the world for 3 years now thanks to Chess.com.

What you have to do is start out giving free lessons to beginners and gain experience in teaching. You should do that for at least a year.

Also, you have to get your rating up to at least 1600 before you start, this is because you don't want to teach people wrong things which is very likely when the coach is rated 1000-1400.

Also, go to local tournaments and clubs to spread the word to students in person. 

One thing is for sure, you will have to work your bum off to get to the point of being able to call yourself a "Chess-Coach".

Hope this helps.

~ Luke Stephens

hey dude my first name is luke

I completely agree with this. You probably want to get a respectable rating (1600 is a good target) before you start coaching.

If I was silly enough to shell out money for a chess coach (which I'm not) they would have to be rated boat loads higher than USCF 1350.

I wouldn't take advice from a person who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."

lol, exactly what im doing, i just started coaching (at 1600) and i give free lessons to beginners

But doesn't everybody dream of some day being rated 520 USCF? Sadly, a rating only a lucky few will ever reach.

Why would you want to be a coach now? Spend the time you would coaching someone something you already know studying things you do not know and getting better yourself. No offense but you are not good enough to be telling people how to play

The market place determines whether a person is strong enough to be a coach, not ratings. Several national chess federations, including USCF, offer coaching titles and even coaching advice. 

Check with your national chess federation if you are really interested in coaching.

and you think a 1600 wont teach wrong things as well??

im to cheap to pay anyone, but if it were a teacher from a international school, i mean one from america operating world wide with really good ingrendentials than that would be  a guy that comes into consideration...

otherwise no 2000 would be to low, not that it matters anyway as im to cheap and greedy

Ok, so what should the minimum rating be?

I think it's pretty obvious that anywhere in the 1300s is far too low for a "coach" to train anyone (except beginners) anything (except the basic concepts of chess - how the pieces move, castling, centre control, etc.) And certainly not for money.

im not a genius but 1600 seems way way too low... i mean a 1600 plays only slightly better than me and i have absolutly no clue what im doing.

1600 is far far too low in my opinion.. i dont know where the real knowledge starts.

The student, or the student's parents, determine what your strength should be. I live in "Silicon Valley" and here there are a lot of Indian and Chinese families who are willing to pay to have their childern coached in chess. After a few years, they usually discover that "skill at chess" has nothing to do with "skill at live" and they stop paying for chess lessons.

I would like someone over 2000. I think they are trustworthy enough with a uscf title to prove it