Is it worth it to drop out of college, coach myself etc...

No (or at least almost likely no):

1) you are likely not good enough to turn pro (let alone make an olympic team), no matter how much you want it (what's your current 5k time?)

2) you are unlikely to be able to coach anyone unless you were elite, or have a college degree so you can coach college or HS (you might be able to be an assistant coach, though)

3) the connections you make while running college are likely what will help you land a coaching (or assistant) job.

4) while all you want to do now is run/coach, that's might not last. Having a degree to fall back is a great safety net).

5) you have more time to train in college than you will ever have again. Plus, regular competition against superior runners - that's the way to improve and become a superior runner yourself.

6) college running is likely the best running experience you will ever have. Don't throw it all away. It's 4 years and it's over. Do the best you can there. If you are still good enough, then continue. If not, pursue coaching right away.

Bottom line, unless you are running sub 13:40 you are better off staying in school. Even if you are a 13:50 sophomore, wait until you are sub 13:40 so you can get into open event at least 3-5 times a year against other 13:40 or better competition.

I think that you will achieve a great success if you work hard on yourself. The key to any success is work, work, and again work on yourself! I wish you good luck for your noble goals! I think you will succeed)

You are nuts. Finish school. Get your degree. You can run while in school, just make it work. You might have a ton of talent but all it takes is a couple years worth of injury to completely blow up your plan. Find a degree program that is very easy and you somewhat enjoy and just tough it out. You sound like every kid your age, and here's the real truth: school does suck. You can finish school and then you have the rest of your life to dedicate to running even more.

College is for nerds anyway. You don't have to be in college to be successful and get a piece of paper at the end of it. Loads of entrepreneurs didn't study. I couldn't be bothered studying 100 hours a week to get a PHD and at the end I would be so fat and would have heart issues from stress and not having time to run

Almost everyone I have ever known who dropped out of college had regrets about it. Maybe not Bill Gates, but he is the outlier isn't he? Be realistic about your options to make money in life. There are not that many coaching jobs that don't require doing something else like teaching. And coaching does not pay well on average. Find a major that interests you, finish your degree and you have options. Not finishing greatly diminishes your options later. Oh, yea, and your chances of making an Olympic team are pretty slim even if you are a great runner. I know 3 people who ran 13:2x for 5000 in college and never made a US team.

"he is the outlier isn't he?"

No, he's not. Most sheepeople here don't get it. If you are smart enough to think you don't need to go to college then you don't need it. There are way more self-made people who never went or finished college then did. Those that do mostly work for others and lead miserable lives compared to the others.

you don't need to be a fast runner to be a top coach. imo, continue working at the running store while just getting by to get your degree. after your graduate from college, continue working but also find a job as a high school coach at a D1 school. you actually learn more about being a coach by being a high school coach because you build runners from ground up and you will understand many different types of runners and how they react to different workouts. maybe after 4-8 years of high school success, you can move up to the college level and make some big bucks