How can I be a chess coach??

In a city with a very small chess community, it is hard to find a chess coach. But I would like to be one, hoping to inspire others to do so as well. But, how do I BECOME one??

Anyone know the answer? :/

You can start a club at your local town or school library, getting listed in the local events section of a local or school newspaper. All you have to do is show up consistently and on time and offer to play all comers. (You can't just go when you feel like it. If you post a listing for every Tuesday after school, make sure you are there every Tuesday after school.) One advantage to having it at the local library is that you will probably find older players with a lot more experience who will give you good games.

If you have an extra set and clock, bring them along. You will undoubtedly attract a few curious onlookers. You could offer to give an introductory class for new players a couple of times a year.  

I became a chess coach when I volunteered to help the chess club at my son's school. Because I could beat the other dads, I quickly became a valued coach. When my son moved to another school, I became a paid chess coach so that I would stay at his old elementary school. That was sixteen years ago and I coached there fifteen years. I'm in my fifth year coaching for an elite private school and I give private lessons.

I like to imagine...

"You're gonna coach MY son huh? Well, I'm pretty good, lets see if you know your stuff"

40 moves and 3 checkmates later... 

Doesn't USCF offer courses to become a titled coach? FEDA (Spanish federation) does, and when you get the title you have big chances of getting a job at clubs or schools.

Thanks for the feedback! 

Really appreciated it! :D 

I don't know about courses, but they offer a certification program. AFAIK, none of the coaches in my area have discovered any benefit in paying an annual fee to the USCF for a piece of paper that says they are certified by the USCF.

USCF certification did not exist when I started coaching. 

That doesn't sound too good. FEDA courses are pretty demanding (but attainable for anyone who has the will) and thus very valued. They last for 45 days and the cost is about 100 euros.

You become a chess coach by offering your services as a coach. Put an ad in the paper, start a local club, whatever. Just make it know that you're avalible as a chess coach and hope that people are silly enough to want lessons from a 14 year-old with a 1600 rating.

I coach many people, am 14, and have a 1600 rating (1610)

Go you.

I'm just saying, because it might be hard, but I don't think it is silly

Sounnds fun, But my rating isn't high enough to coach

Ok.

Do I NEED to have a USCF coaching license, or whatever it is called to become a chess coach? Does it cost money?

 What are some good coaching materials for beginners?  I am teaching my kid, my plan is to teach some opening concept, basic mates, and lots of of tactics exercise maybe a few opening lines thrown in there for kicks.

Yes, USCF certification costs money. No, you don't need it.

No, it is not necessary to get a USCF coaching license.

Sure.  Take a portable set and chess book to a coffee shop.  You just know someone is going to ask you about it once you've set up and moved the pieces around a little bit.  Typical conversation:

Excuse me, is that chess you're studying?

Why yes it is.

Gosh, I've alway wanted to learn how to play.

Got half an hour?  I can teach you...

Congratulations!  You're a coach.