He played two seasons for the Celtics, winning an NBA Championship ring as a reserve in 1986, before joining the Seattle SuperSonics, who promptly traded him to the Chicago Bulls for Sedale Threatt.

His 1990–1991 NBA Hoops basketball card has gained fame due to having Michael Jordan in view wearing a #12 jersey, instead of his normal #23.

[2] Later that year, Vincent was named the head coach of the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League.

He led the team to a 100 per cent performance in the 2017 FIBA African women's basketball tournament Afrobasket in Bamako, Mali.

The team clinched their third Afrobasket title by defeating Senegal by 65–48 points in the final and consequently qualifying for the FIBA women's basketball World cup in Spain.

[5] In September 2022, Vincent was named the first head coach of the men's and women's teams at Beacon College, a liberal arts school in Central Florida.