[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Say I've been the drive coach (tactician / strategist / whatever) and then register on my team as a mentor before IRI, which I was planning on doing. Would this make me elgible to drive the robot?

Given that IRI no longer runs the mentor round (Not a good move, IMO), in other events that have one, you might or might not be, depending on the event. As a (former) drive coach, you'd probably wind up in the Outpost or remote Fueling Station...