Penn Holderness was born in Durham and attended Durham Jordan High School where he played hoops and was dunked on regularly by Rodney Rogers.

Penn went to college at UVA and majored in philosophy, but took a crack at journalism after graduating in 1996 as an intern for the WTVD ABC11 sports department.

His first on-air job in was in Grand Junction, Colorado, then Penn moved to Orlando for five years where he met his wife.

Penn hosted three seasons of "Designer finals" on HGTV, and hosted a college hoops show in New York with former Tar Heel Coach Matt Doherty on CSTV.

Most recently, Penn worked as a video essayist for ABC and ESPN while living in Manhattan.
His first child was born in February of 2007.

Penn and his family are thrilled to be back in the Triangle, closer to their families who reside in the area.