Dena Head (born August 16, 1970) is an American retired women's basketball player.

Dena played for Coach Fred Thomann, a former Michigan State University standout.

The team participated in the second Junior World Championship, held in Bilbao, Spain in July 1989.

After beating Zaire in their next game, the USA team played Spain, and fell three points short.

The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer, and teammates included Lisa Leslie and Dawn Staley.

[3] Head traveled to Taiwan with the team representing the US at the 1992 Women's R. William Jones Cup competition.

[4] Head was named to the USA national team and competed in the 1994 World Championships, held in June 1994 in Sydney, Australia.

[5] Before the WNBA, Head played seven seasons of professional basketball in Brazil and in Europe for France, Spain, Italy, and Hungary.

Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 61 - 73 loss to the Sacramento Monarchs where she recorded 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals.

Fortunately, Head would finally reach the playoffs in her career as the Mercury finished 20 - 12 and matched up against the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round.