Education
Southern Wayne High School, Dudley.
Southern Wayne High School, Dudley.
He played a number of years in the Australian National Basketball League. He is the father of National Basketball Association player Dante Exum. Exum, a 6"6 forward from Dudley, North Carolina, played collegiate basketball for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina from 1980 to 1984.
Although Exum played sparingly at University of North Carolina, he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the ninth round of the 1984 National Basketball Association Draft (194th pick overall).
Exum found his niche playing professionally in Australia. Exum resides in the Melbourne suburb of Seabrook and is the father of the fifth overall pick in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft, Dante Exum.
At University of North Carolina, Exum was a member of the Tar Heels" 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship team as a sophomore with future Hall of Fame players James Worthy and Michael Jordan. He played seven years in the NBL as a member of the North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and Geelong Supercats.