After organizing one of the most high-scoring teams in NFL history this season, Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is a hot candidate to become a head coach in 2017.

Shanahan will interview with four teams with vacancies this weekend, and there’s a strong chance that he won’t be back in Atlanta next season.

That means the Falcons need to think about his replacement.

General manager Thomas Dimitroff and coach Dan Quinn are considering promoting from within. According to a report by Britt McHenry at ESPN, there is a strong possibility that assistant Mike McDaniel will be bumped up to offensive coordinator if Shanahan leaves town:

Sources: There's a "strong possibility," Mike McDaniel is promoted to #Falcons OC if Kyle Shanahan takes HC job. W/ Shanahan in DC, CLE, ATL — Britt McHenry (@BrittMcHenry) January 5, 2017

As McHenry noted, McDaniel has been following Shanahan around for his last few stops.

McDaniel has a background as a wide receivers coach, which is the position he played at Yale. Apparently McDaniel had a claim to fame long before he became involved coaching in the NFL, though. According to McDaniel’s Wikipedia page, the 33-year-old has been a member of MENSA since the fifth grade when he published a study in Popular Science.

Promoting from within is likely the smartest choice for Atlanta. McDaniel understands Shanahan’s system as well as anyone and there’s no reason to rock the boat given the success they’ve had using it. Seeing Shanahan leave would obviously hurt but keeping some continuity would be the best way to mitigate that loss.