Here's a look at the head coaches of the participants in the Rose Bowl - Georgia's Kirby Smart and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley.

Smart has UGA in the Rose Bowl - and the college football playoff - in just his second season in Athens. Riley has the Sooners in the same boat in his first season guiding the Oklahoma program.

Find out more about the youthful head coaches whose teams will meet Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif.

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