[2] After finishing his playing career he took his first coaching job as assistant manager to Milan Miklavič at Gorica in 1995 where he worked until 1997 and got his first experience in the Slovenian top tier.

After a brief one-year spell he moved across town to Svoboda and stayed for another year before leading the amateur MNZ Ljubljana team in Slovenia's first UEFA Regions' Cup appearance in 1999.

[7] The Jia League was already under way and Kavčič helped the club finish strongly, only to be denied in the fight for promotion by a seven-point deduction following the January transfer of Liu Jian.

[8] His first full season didn't start as planned, but Jonoon soon silenced the critics after the opening day defeat against Harbin Yiteng.

On 5 October he confirmed that he and his assistant Robert Englaro are leaving the club by mutual consent with their now former team down in 7th place in the Jia League.

They started off by surprisingly holding promotion chasers Beijing Renhe to a goalless draw in their home opener,[13] followed by a win against another title contender Dalian Yifang.

[14] Ten-man Hunan held Vanderlei Luxemburgo's high-scoring Tianjin Songijang to a 1–1 draw in the next fixture, Luis Carlos Cabezas scoring from a penalty in injury time.

After a promising start Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng beat Hunan 2–0 at home and Kavčič suffered his first official defeat at the Yiyang based club.