Walter Everett "Red" Mahan (June 23, 1902 – May 10, 1990) was an American football player.

This earned the Mountaineers a trip to their first ever bowl game the San Diego East-West Christmas Classic.

In 1924 Mahan, as a junior, helped the Mountaineers post an 8–1 overall record, totaling 302 points in nine contests, the most of any Eastern squad, and outscored the opposition by nearly a 7–1 margin.

Mahan was also named as a third-team All-American right guard by Walter Camp, and was selected to the all-Eastern team.

[1] After his year with the Yellow Jackets, Mahan went on to a career as a prosecuting attorney in Brooke County, West Virginia.