EXHIBIT 32(a)

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Navarre
Corporation (the "Company") for the period ended September 30, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2004 (the "Quarterly
Report"), I, Eric H. Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      1.    The Quarterly Report fully complies with the requirements of section
            13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m
            or 78o(d)); and

      2.    The information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents,
            in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
            operations of the Company at the end of and for the period covered
            by the Quarterly Report.

November 12, 2004                      By /s/ Eric H. Paulson
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                                       Eric H. Paulson
                                       Chairman of the Board, President
                                       and Chief Executive Officer