The Omaha Racers were an American minor league basketball team based in Omaha, Nebraska. The franchise played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1989 to 1997. The team's franchise liage started in 1982 as the Wisconsin Flyers. The franchise spent two seasons in Rochester, Minnesota before relocating to Omaha in 1989 to become the Racers. The team's home venue was Ak-Sar-Ben Arena. Throughout the entire history of the Racers, Mike Thibault served as the team's head coach and led Omaha to appearances in two CBA Finals. The team was victorious over the Grand Rapids Hoops during the 1993 CBA Finals.
Mike Thibault served as the Omaha Racers head coach for their entire eight year history.
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States from 1946 to 2009.
The 1976 Allentown Jets; the Allentown Jets and Wilkes-Barre Barons both won eight league titles, the most of any CBA team in the league's 63 year history.
Bob Ley, the CBA's play-by-play announcer for ESPN
In August 1999, Isiah Thomas led a group of investors who acquired the CBA