The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Alvin Brooks and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the first-year members of the Western Athletic Conference.

The school announced on January 14, 2021, that the Cardinals would leave the Southland Conference to join the WAC for the 2021–22 season.

Following the season, the school announced that head coach Tic Price would not be retained.

[2] Shortly thereafter, Alvin Brooks, previously an assistant coach at Houston, was named the new head coach[3][4] New assistants, Charles Harral, Mikhail McClean, Wendell Moore, and Aaron Proctor, were added to the staff.

Live video of all home games will be broadcast on ESPN platforms.