Pavićević spent almost an entire coaching career with his hometown team Mornar. He coached Mornar for 1997–98 season in Yugoslav League. Later he joined them in 2003. He was a head coach from 2003 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017.[2] During a second stint with Mornar, he led the team in the Serbia & Montenegro League in two seasons (2004–05 and 2005–06). Prior to the 2017–18 season, Pavićević left head coach position while his older brother Mihailo Pavićević became the head coach for Mornar.[3]