Stephen Head

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| name = Stephen Head

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| current_title = Midwest Scout

| current_team = Los Angeles Dodgers

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|13}}

| birth_place = Raymond, Mississippi, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 2003–2005

| player_team1 = Ole Miss

| player_years2 = 2005

| player_team2 = Mahoning Valley Scrappers

| player_years3 = 2005–2007

| player_team3 = Kinston Indians

| player_years4 = 2007–2008

| player_team4 = Akron Aeros

| player_years5 = 2009

| player_team5 = Columbus Clippers

| player_years6 = 2009

| player_team6 = Mahoning Valley Scrappers

| player_years7 = 2010

| player_team7 = Southern Illinois Miners

| player_years8 = 2011

| player_team8 = Tri-City Dust Devils

| player_years9 = 2011

| player_team9 = Asheville Tourists

| player_positions = First baseman / Outfielder

| coach_years1 = 2012

| coach_team1 = Ole Miss (SA)

| coach_years2 = 2014–2015

| coach_team2 = Ole Miss (BC)

| admin_years1 = 2013

| admin_team1 = Ole Miss (DO)

| admin_years2 = 2019–present

| admin_team2 = Los Angeles Dodgers (Scout)

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SEC Player of the Year (2004)

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Stephen Anthony Head (born January 13, 1984) is an American professional baseball scout and former infielder and outfielder, who is currently a scout of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played college baseball at Ole Miss for head coach Mike Bianco from 2003 to 2005 before playing professionally from 2005 to 2011. He then spent 4 years as an assistant coach at Ole Miss (2012–2015){{cite web |url=http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/stephen_head_828160.html |title=Stephen Head |website=olemisssports.com |accessdate=June 17, 2018}}

Early years

Head attended Hillcrest Christian School (Jackson, Mississippi) and the University of Mississippi. He was the designated hitter for the United States national baseball team during the 2003 Pan American Games,{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2003/08/05/panam_rdp_ap/ |title=Streak Snapped |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065220/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2003/08/05/panam_rdp_ap/ |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |date=August 5, 2003 |url-status=dead }} receiving a silver medal for his efforts. In 2004, Head was the inaugural recipient of the Ferriss Trophy (now the C Spire Ferriss Trophy), awarded annually to Mississippi's top collegiate baseball player.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21050389/future_looks_bright/ |title=Future looks bright |newspaper=The Clarion-Ledger |location=Jackson, Mississippi |page=24 |date=June 6, 2004 |accessdate=June 17, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} Head was selected by the Cleveland Indians with the 62nd overall pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft.

Professional baseball

From 2005 through 2009, Head played in the Indians' farm system, reaching as high as Triple-A with the Columbus Clippers. Head spent the 2008 season with the Akron Aeros and helped lead the team to the Eastern League Championship Series. He played in 2010 with the independent Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League. His final season of professional baseball was 2011, when he pitched for the Class A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils,{{cite news |author=David Collier |url=http://archive.thedmonline.com/article/stephen-head-makes-move-mound |title=Stephen Head makes a move to the mound |website=thedmonline.com |date=June 21, 2011 |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330043907/http://archive.thedmonline.com/article/stephen-head-makes-move-mound |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=live }} and the Class A Asheville Tourists within the Colorado Rockies organization.