Villavicencio played for the La Salle Green Archers in the collegiate ranks between 1972 and 1976, and was part of the 1974-75 NCAA championship-winning team, alongside former PBA legend Lim Eng Beng.
In 1993, he was appointed head coach of the La Salle Green Archers, and in his first year guided the team to a third-place finish in a tournament dominated by the UST.
[2] After this, Villavicencio moved on to the Philippine Basketball Association, where he was assistant coach of Talk 'N Text (then known as the Phone Pals) as they won the 2003 All-Filipino Cup.
The team continued to perform well, finishing third in the transitional 2004 conference and reaching the finals of the 2004-05 Philippine Cup only to lose 4-2 to Barangay Ginebra Kings.
Villavicencio left the coaching staff in 2005 but returned to Talk 'N Text as part of the management team in 2008[3] until 2010, when he was assigned to Meralco Bolts.