After the Birmingham Bandits of Birmingham, Alabama had recorded the worst attendance of the CBA in the 1991–92 season, on May 28, 1992 their owner Tom McMillan announced that the Kahler Corporation had acquired the franchise, and the team was relocated to Rochester, Minnesota, becoming the Rochester Renegade.
[4] The CBA placed the team in the Mideast Division of the American Conference, together with the Rockford Lightning, the Quad City Thunder and the La Crosse Catbirds.
[5] In their first season under coach Ron Ekker the team finished with the worst record in CBA history with 6 wins and 50 losses.
In July 1993 the team management named Bill Musselman head coach and vice-president of basketball operations.
During the season Dell Demps was called up to the NBA by the Golden State Warriors, and two Renegades player won personal awards: Ronnie Grandison was named the CBA MVP, while Rodney Monroe was the Newcomer of the Year.