Career
He is the former head coach of New Zealand men"s national basketball team the Tall Blacks. He was also the head coach for Fulgor Libertas Forlì in the Italian second league (Legadue), and for British Columbia Kalev/Cramo, a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia which participates in Korvpalli Meistriliiga, Baltic Basketball League and VTB United League. As a player he grew in the youth side of Partizan Belgrade.
As a player, Vučinić was voted to the NBL All-Star Five in 1990.
He stood down as Giants coach after their most recent success and still holds the record for most NBL coaching wins (164). After six years as an assistant coach, he took over the Tall Blacks reins in 2007, taking them to victory over Australia in the 2009 International Basketball Federation Oceania Championship and into the last 16 at the 2010 International Basketball Federation World Championship.